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Chester Perry Obituary
He was born July 15, 1908 in Frankfort, KY, the son of Quince and Zula (Birchfield) Perry. He moved to Muncie in 1918, and graduated from Muncie Central High School in 1928 and from Northwestern University in 1933, where he played basketball on the last Northwestern Championship Team. He moved to Anderson in 1942.
In 1968, he retired from Delco Remy, where he was an accounting supervisor for 28 years. He was a member of Chesterfield Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Frances L. Perry of Anderson; son, Max B. (wife, Lisa) Perry of Green Valley, AZ; daughter, Kay (husband, Larry) Colville of Spring City, TN; three grandchildren, Kemberly (husband, John) Armor of Highlands, NC, Lisa (husband, Ira) Mercurio of Indianapolis, and David Perry of Los Angeles, CA; and four great-grandchildren, Taylor, Miranda, Ian, and Lucy.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Deleene Perry; two brothers; and four sisters.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Weber officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Christian Center.
Online condolences: www.brownbutzdiedring.com
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Rick Plummer
March 17, 2004
Dear Max,
I'm so sorry about your dad's passing--I have many fond memories of your parents; growing up across the "backyard fence" from them as I did, they were always kind and supportive to me. I especially appreciate and value the friendship that they shared with my parents. Both my mother and my father admired and loved your father (along with your mother) for his intelligence, his loyalty, and his ready humor. I know my dad will feel this loss greatly. Please accept for yourself, and extend to your mother, my deepest sympathy. As parents, we often wonder how we might endure if we were to lose a child; we seldom reflect on the desolation we might feel if we were to lose a parent. It was only when my mother passed away that I experienced that intense sorrow. Shakespeare writes, that "Courage mounteth with occasion," and I know you will endure through your grief.
Sincerely,
Rick
Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home
March 8, 2004
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