Walter Paige Perry
1882 - 1965 (83 years)1. Walter Paige Perry was born on 25 Feb 1882 in Cissna Park, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 12 Jun 1965 in Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: machinist in electric shop
- Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Notes:
Notes on Find a Grave database state that Walter married twice after Nellie's death. First to Mabel Goldie Pearl Allison and in 1946 to Emily Mary Barton.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67493474/walter-paige-perryWalter married Nellie Gertrude Allison on 18 Dec 1905 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Nellie (daughter of Charles Frederick Allison and Violettia B. "Letta" Johnson) was born on 12 Dec 1884 in Illinois; died on 21 Apr 1914 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Apr 1914 in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ralph Marian Perry
was born on 26 Aug 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 26 Mar 1983 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Walter married Mabel Pearl "Goldie" Allison on 18 Jun 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mabel (daughter of Charles Frederick Allison and Violettia B. "Letta" Johnson) was born on 20 Sep 1895 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Aug 1979; was buried in Emmett Cemetery, Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Emily Barton. Emily was born on 23 Feb 1906 in Attica, Fountain County, Indiana; died on 13 Feb 1966; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 2
2. Ralph Marian Perry (1.Walter1) was born on 26 Aug 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 26 Mar 1983 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois
- Census: 1950, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Notes:
Ralph M. Perry
Mason City - Ralph Marion Perry, 72, of Mason City, Illinois State University associate professor of French emeritus, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday (March 26, 1983) at Community Hospital, Fort Myers, Fla. He had been spending the winter in Florida.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lanham-Wolfe Funeral Home, Potomac. Burial will be in Potomac Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Perry was born Aug. 25, 1911, in Chicago, a son of Walter and Nellie G. Allison Perry. He married Nell Jane Alexander in 1934 in Potomac. She died February 1968. He married Helen White March 30, 1969. She survives.
Also surviving are a son, Richard Douglas, St. Louis; and five grandchildren.
A brother preceded him in death.
Mr. Perry came to the ISU foreign language department in June 1967, and retired in September 1979. He had taught at the University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois University, Hope College and Harris Teachers College before coming to ISU.
He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He received a doctor's degree from the U of I and did post-doctoral study at Washington and Indiana universities and the Sorbonne.
Mr. Perry had taught Russian, Spanish and Chinese, as well as French. He had spent two years in China to learn the language and was planning a trip to Portugal to study languages.
He had written books and articles concerning the teaching of French and French literature. He was a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve from 1943-46.
Mr. Perry was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Tuesday, 29 march 1983.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67373822/ralph-marian-perryFamily/Spouse: Nell Jane Alexander. Nell was born on 10 Sep 1912 in Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 16 Feb 1968 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]