Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Robert "Bob" William March 21, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March  28, 2005
     Robert “Bob” William Perry, 51, a former resident of Hood River, died at 
his home in The Dalles Monday, March 21, 2005.
     He was born Sept. 22, 1953, in Hood River, to Ralph William “Bill” and 
Charlotte (Perkins) Perry. 
     He started high school at the old Wy’east High School and graduated from 
the new Hood River Valley High School after its opening in 1971.
     He attended Willamette University. He was an orchardist in the Pine Grove 
area until illness forced his retirement. He was living in The Dalles at the 
time of his death.
     While in high school, he played basketball and football, and he carried 
his special love and talent for basketball back to the community through 
coaching young girls’ basketball and baseball teams for many years.
     He is fondly remembered by many for his caring and kindness to them when 
times were tough.
     He is survived by his three children, Lisa Marie, Rachel Shannon and 
Madeline “Maddi” Elizabeth Perry, all of Parkdale; his sisters, 
Elizabeth “Beth” Johnston, Newport, Barbara Perry, Eugene; his aunt, Catherine 
Collins, Hood River; and cousins, Susan Stebner, Tigard, Leslie Hidle, Hood 
River, and Carol Pajala, Vancouver, Wash.
     He was also a Big Teddy Bear uncle to Robert Johnston, Chicago, Karen 
Johnston, Florence, Mass., Nicole Allene Bixler, Medford, Anna Marie Schroth, 
Grand Island, Fla., and Paula Gail Perry, Portland. He was preceded in death 
by his parents and his brother, Ralph Douglas Perry.
     Memorial services will be held at the Pine Grove-Odell Methodist Church 
in Pine Grove at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29.
     Cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Smith Callaway 
Chapel in care of arrangements.
     Private inurnment will be held at Idlewild Cemetery in Hood River. 


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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