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Cletus L Perry

Male 1921 - 2004  (83 years)


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  • Name Cletus L Perry 
    Born 13 Apr 1921  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jun 2004  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5775  Rossville
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2018 

    Father Frank J Perry 
    Mother Mary Alice Sadler Perry 
    Family ID F6990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy P Larison Perry,   b. 3 Oct 1923, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 2008, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1942  Salinas, Monterey County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Dorothy's obit says they were married at Fort Ord, California.
    Children 
     1. Ronald D Perry
    +2. Sheryl Perry Dick
     3. Daniel (Joe) Perry
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 19:34:54 
    Family ID F5144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Perry, Cletus
    Obituary- Perry, Cletus

    Cletus L. Perry
    ST. MARYS — Cletus L. Perry, 83, St. Marys, died Thursday, June 24,2004, at a Topeka hospital.

    He was born April 13,1921, at St. Marys, the son of Frank J. and Mary Alice Sadler Perry.

    Mr. Perry had lived in the St. Marys community many years. He graduated from St. Marys High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

    He was the manager of the Co-Op Hardware Store in St. Marys for 37 years, retiring in 1983. After his retirement, he worked at Rezac Sale Barn and Brockish Plumbing, both in St. Marys.

    He was a member of St. Marys United Methodist Church, where he served as church treasurer for many years and was active in the building of Hammond Hall at the church.

    He married Dorothy Larison on
    Dec. 23,1942, at Salinas, Calif.
    She survives, of the home.

    Other survivors are a daughter, Sheryl Dick, Topeka; sons Ronald Perry, Lawrence, and Daniel “Joe” Perry, Emmett; a sister, Betty Hill, Oklahoma City; a brother, Richard Perry, Topeka; grandchildren, Mick Perry, Becky Seele, Jeff Dick and Jenny Dick; and nine great-grandchildren.

    The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery at St. Marys.

    Mr. Perry will lie in state after 2 p.m. Sunday at the Piper- Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.

    Memorial contributions may be made to St. Marys United Methodist Church, or to research for necrotizing fasciitis and sent in care of the funeral home.