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Ralph Oliver Perry
January 20, 1924 - April 21, 2007
Ralph Oliver Perry, the son of Clyde O and Stella (Lytle) Perry, was born January 20, 1924 in Hamburg, Iowa. He attended the High Creek Country School near Watson, Missouri until the eighth grade. He was soon employed by Glen Moore running a corn sheller. On January 25, 1943, Ralph entered the United States Army and served his country during World War II.
On August 14, 1945, Ralph was united in marriage to Esther Marie Davis in Hamburg. They lived in the Rock Port, Missouri and Langdon Missouri communities. Ralph owned and operated Perry and Schomburg custom trucking, farming and corn shelling business with his brother-in-law George Schomburg. In 1969 Ralph and Esther purchased Long’s Liquor which became Perry’s Tobacco and Grocery. They retired in 1994 following twenty five years in the business. Ralph passed away Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port at the age of 83 years.
Ralph was a member of the Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49, Rock Port.
Survivors include his wife Esther of the home Rock Port; one daughter Viola Fern Hendrickson, Edmond, Oklahoma; one granddaughter and her husband, Dr. Stephania Gayle and Terry Knight, Rochester, Minnesota, one grandson Brian Scott Hendrickson, Bolingbrook, Illinois and family friend Carmine Castaldo; three sisters, Dora Hatcher, Rock Port and Edna Brown and Mildred Ferguson, both of Tarkio, Missouri, and one brother Ora Perry, Rock Port.
Beside his parents, Ralph was preceded in death by brothers, Dellis, Darrell, Roy, Max and Wayne Perry and sisters Lola Edwards, Ruth Wallace, Dorothy Campbell, Marjorie Winchel and Thelma Daugherty.
Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday April 25, 2007, First Lutheran Church, Rock Port
Interment: Greenhill Cemetery, Rock Port
Memorials: Rock Port Nutrition or First Lutheran Church
There is no scheduled family visitation.
Military rites under the auspices of Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49, Rock Port.