The Dalles Chronicle March 28, 2005 Robert "Bob" William Perry 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. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

Feeling in teaching mode tonight, I wanted to point out that this obituary for my brother serves as a good lesson that while obituaries can be wonderful clues for research, they shouldn't be totally relied upon. In this case, the funeral home involved submitted a draft version that contained errors to the paper. Down the line, if one of Bob's grandchildren wanted to research his college records, he/she wouldn't find them at Willamette University because Bob attended the University of Oregon. It probably would take the researcher many local newspaper readings to learn that Bob coached both boys' and girls' softball and basketball teams, and if interested in any of the currently living family members the researcher probably would have no way of knowing that the wrong city of residence is given for one of them. FWIW, the obituary appearing in the Hood River News had the correct information. These errors were in no way Earline's fault -- she simply typed what was printed. /Teaching mode off! Best wishes, Beth At 07:26 PM 3/29/2005, Earline Wasser wrote: >The Dalles Chronicle >March 28, 2005 > >Robert "Bob" William Perry > > 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. > > > > > >Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, >Oregon > >Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser [snip]