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ROCHESTER – Alton L. Perry, 87, Akron, passed away at 3:35 a.m. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, at Mason’s Health and Rehab Center, Warsaw.
He was born on Dec. 6, 1936, in Kosciusko County, the son of Ford and Harriett Searer Perry.
On March 3, 1978, he married Patricia Gordon. Alton was a farmer, and owned and operated his own business with Perry Custom Lettering and Monuments Sales, in Rochester, Indiana. He was a long-time member of the Beaver Dam Community Church, and a participant of the Kiwanis and was a partaker of the Swingin’ Dudes Square Dancing Club. He loved to be outdoors, camping and doing chores on the farm, and to be with his family.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Perry, Akron; sons: Jamie (Angie) Perry, Mentone; Ryan (Jodee) Perry, Rochester; Brandon Perry, Huntington; daughter, Jayne (Donnie) Kohls, Rochester; nine grandchildren; brothers: Carl Perry, Michigan; Alvin Perry, Pierceton; John (Tammy) Perry, Warsaw; sisters, Angeline (Richard) Miller, Kansas; Alta Grossman, Bourbon; Alverta (Howard) Alderfer, Warsaw; ALeatha (Devon) Rensberger, Rochester. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Michelle Perry; great-granddaughter, Amelia Perry; brother, Glade Perry; sisters: Avanelle Cook, ALice Balmer and Arlene Coleman.
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester. Friends were able to visit from noon to time of service at the funeral home Monday. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rochester.
Memorials may be made to Wheels on Fire through Beaver Dam Church or the Fulton County Animal and Adoption Center.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanbrosfh.com.
