Obituary of Louis F. Perryman
Louis F. Perryman, Jr., of Hopewell, died on August 2, 2018 at the age of 67.
Mr. Perryman was born June 20, 1951 in Canandaigua, the oldest of the four children of Louis F. and Ruth E. (Reish) Perryman.
He was a 1969 graduate of Canandaigua Academy. He attended Monroe Community College in Rochester; Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas; and was a graduate of Clarks Summit University in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
As a teenager he had been employed by the old Roseland Park in Canandaigua.
He was a veteran of the United States Air Force (honorably discharged Staff Sergeant) where he was trained as a Cryptologic Specialist and as a Management Analysis Specialist. He served units in Texas; Thailand (including the highly decorated 6994th Security [Intelligence] Squadron); Republic of South Korea and Virginia. He was also a recipient of the United States Air Force Commendation Medal.
He worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Canandaigua as well as at banks in Pennsylvania and New York; a computer technology company and spent a number of years in the Pastoral Ministry in Pennsylvania. Since his retirement, Mr. Perryman has served in several settings as a volunteer – at the Canandaigua V.A. Medical Center; on the Town of Hopewell Zoning Board of Appeals; on the Ontario County Planning Board and Coordinated Review Committee representing the Town of Hopewell. He was a member of the American Legion.
Family meant everything to him. His wife and children and grandchildren were the loves of his life. He took great pleasure in the knowledge that he was part of a family, both sides of which have been traced back to pre-revolutionary America. He was a proud American.
He was predeceased by his father in 1988 and his mother in 2002.
Mr. Perryman is survived by his wife of 46 years, Barbara (Webster) Perryman; two sons - Daniel Perryman of Hopewell, Joshua (Natrisha) Perryman of Hopewell; one daughter – Christina (Jeremiah) Jensen of Manchester; three siblings - brothers Kenneth (Nancy Nichols) Perryman of Clifton Springs; Steven Perryman of Canandaigua and a sister - Shirley Perryman of Manchester. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren - Jacob, Alexandra, Chanse and Evan Perryman; Jackson and Samuel Perryman; Zachary and Caitlin Jensen; as well as sister-in-law Katherine Myers of Bath N.Y. and brother-in-law Lawrence (Andrea) Webster of Leverkusen, Germany two aunts and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Calling hours will be held at the Fuller Funeral Home on Buffalo St. in Canandaiuga on August 6, 2018 from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
A funeral Service will be held at the Fuller Funeral Home on Buffalo St. in Canandaiuga on August 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
A committal with appropriate military honors will be held immediately after, at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Those who wish may contribute in his memory to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of FF Thompson Hospital or to Mercy Flight Central.
