hmtl5 Ralph Marian Perry b. 26 Aug 1911 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 26 Mar 1983 Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida: Gritton Genealogy

Ralph Marian Perry

Male 1911 - 1983  (71 years)


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  • Name Ralph Marian Perry 
    Born 26 Aug 1911  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Cicero, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Mar 1983  Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6
    Buried Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Person ID I4136  Gritton
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2024 

    Father Walter Paige Perry,   b. 25 Feb 1882, Cissna Park, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1965, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Nellie Gertrude Allison,   b. 12 Dec 1884, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1905  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nell Jane Alexander,   b. 10 Sep 1912, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1968, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F1762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Aug 1911 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Cicero, Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1950 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.
      [5, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S71] Cook County, Illinois, births.

    2. [S63] US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File.

    3. [S2] Find a Grave.

    4. [S11] US World War II draft registration card.

    5. [S17] Obituary.

    6. [S25] Florida Death Index 1877-1998.

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.