John R. Perry

PEABODY- John R. Perry, 92, passed away on September 9, 2018 in the Kaplan Family Hospice House. He was the husband of Maude (Van Bellingham) Perry of Peabody with whom he shared nearly 72 years of marriage, residing in Peabody for the last 66 years. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 31, 1925, he was the son of the late Joe and Lily Bud (Randall) Perry. He was raised in Washington, DC, and then accepted a V-12 scholarship to MIT. He met Maude while in Cambridge, and they married in 1946. He served as an engineer in the Navy during WWII, then set out on a long engineering career that included work on the space program and later designing plastics extrusion machinery at Gloucester Engineering. John was a longtime member of the Holy Trinity Methodist Church Choir, and was a bridge and tennis enthusiast. He was a supporter of the Northeast ARC. In addition to his wife, Maude, he is survived by his three daughters, Andrea Perry of Peabody; Judy Perry of Marblehead; and Carolyn Perry and her companions Andy Latto and Elaine Hansen, of Foxborough; his sister, Beverly Currier of NJ; his brother-in-law, Lawrence Van Bellingham of NY; and his nieces and nephews, Marilyn (Currier) and George Rabbai, of NJ, Heidi (Willis) and Randy Currier of NJ, Charles and Jennifer (Garrett) Currier of CA, Wendy Van Bellingham and Rafe Epstein of NY, Heidi Van Bellingham of NY Katrina Van Bellingham and Tony Blecher of NY, and Vanessa Van Bellingham of NY, and many extended family and friends. His Funeral Service will be held at 12:30PM on Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Holy Trinity Methodist Church, 16 Sylvan St., Danvers. Burial will follow in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Lake St., Peabody. Visitation will be held from 5-8PM on Friday, September 14, 2018 at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers.