Anthony Francis "Tony" Perry, a longtime area developer and community leader, died peacefully on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Manteno Veteran's Home, surrounded by his family. He was 88 years old. Tony was born on April 25, 1931 to Italian immigrants Anthony "Butts" and Laura (DePeso) Perry in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
He attended high school at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora, IL, then served in the US Army, bravely and successfully protecting Fort Sam Houston military base in Texas from hostile foreign invasion.
He then spent two years at St. Meinred Seminary in St. Meinred, Indiana, as he studied to be a Catholic priest.
Meeting the daughter of more Italian immigrants, Elinore (Ellie) Rendina in Chicago Heights in 1952 caused him to reconsider his pending vows, and he then completed his formal college education at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Tony and Ellie married in 1956 in Chicago Heights and started a family, which ultimately includes Elizabeth (Dan) LaMore of Hoffman Estates, IL; Lauren (Dennis) Wiley of Bourbonnais, IL; Thomas (Ricardo) Perry of Hollywood, CA; Joseph, of Chicago; and Anne (Eddie) Figus, of New Lenox, IL. The family extends to grandsons Luke Wiley, Nicholas and Braden LaMore, and granddaughters Hannah Wiley, Giovanna Perry and Reese Figus.
Tony Perry was loved and will be missed by many.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 13, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home located at 295 Main Street NW in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Maternity B.V.M. Church located at 308 E. Marsile in Bourbonnais.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation to the Memory Care Unit at the Manteno Veteran's Home.
Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home
He attended high school at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora, IL, then served in the US Army, bravely and successfully protecting Fort Sam Houston military base in Texas from hostile foreign invasion.
He then spent two years at St. Meinred Seminary in St. Meinred, Indiana, as he studied to be a Catholic priest.
Meeting the daughter of more Italian immigrants, Elinore (Ellie) Rendina in Chicago Heights in 1952 caused him to reconsider his pending vows, and he then completed his formal college education at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Tony and Ellie married in 1956 in Chicago Heights and started a family, which ultimately includes Elizabeth (Dan) LaMore of Hoffman Estates, IL; Lauren (Dennis) Wiley of Bourbonnais, IL; Thomas (Ricardo) Perry of Hollywood, CA; Joseph, of Chicago; and Anne (Eddie) Figus, of New Lenox, IL. The family extends to grandsons Luke Wiley, Nicholas and Braden LaMore, and granddaughters Hannah Wiley, Giovanna Perry and Reese Figus.
Tony Perry was loved and will be missed by many.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 13, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home located at 295 Main Street NW in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Maternity B.V.M. Church located at 308 E. Marsile in Bourbonnais.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation to the Memory Care Unit at the Manteno Veteran's Home.
Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home
Anthony Francis "Tony" Perry, a longtime area developer and community leader, died peacefully on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Manteno Veteran's Home, surrounded by his family. He was 88 years old. Tony was born on April 25, 1931 to Italian immigrants Anthony "Butts" and Laura (DePeso) Perry in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
He attended high school at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora, IL, then served in the US Army, bravely and successfully protecting Fort Sam Houston military base in Texas from hostile foreign invasion.
He then spent two years at St. Meinred Seminary in St. Meinred, Indiana, as he studied to be a Catholic priest.
Meeting the daughter of more Italian immigrants, Elinore (Ellie) Rendina in Chicago Heights in 1952 caused him to reconsider his pending vows, and he then completed his formal college education at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Tony and Ellie married in 1956 in Chicago Heights and started a family, which ultimately includes Elizabeth (Dan) LaMore of Hoffman Estates, IL; Lauren (Dennis) Wiley of Bourbonnais, IL; Thomas (Ricardo) Perry of Hollywood, CA; Joseph, of Chicago; and Anne (Eddie) Figus, of New Lenox, IL. The family extends to grandsons Luke Wiley, Nicholas and Braden LaMore, and granddaughters Hannah Wiley, Giovanna Perry and Reese Figus.
Tony Perry was loved and will be missed by many.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 13, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home located at 295 Main Street NW in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Maternity B.V.M. Church located at 308 E. Marsile in Bourbonnais.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation to the Memory Care Unit at the Manteno Veteran's Home.
Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home
He attended high school at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora, IL, then served in the US Army, bravely and successfully protecting Fort Sam Houston military base in Texas from hostile foreign invasion.
He then spent two years at St. Meinred Seminary in St. Meinred, Indiana, as he studied to be a Catholic priest.
Meeting the daughter of more Italian immigrants, Elinore (Ellie) Rendina in Chicago Heights in 1952 caused him to reconsider his pending vows, and he then completed his formal college education at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Tony and Ellie married in 1956 in Chicago Heights and started a family, which ultimately includes Elizabeth (Dan) LaMore of Hoffman Estates, IL; Lauren (Dennis) Wiley of Bourbonnais, IL; Thomas (Ricardo) Perry of Hollywood, CA; Joseph, of Chicago; and Anne (Eddie) Figus, of New Lenox, IL. The family extends to grandsons Luke Wiley, Nicholas and Braden LaMore, and granddaughters Hannah Wiley, Giovanna Perry and Reese Figus.
Tony Perry was loved and will be missed by many.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 13, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home located at 295 Main Street NW in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Maternity B.V.M. Church located at 308 E. Marsile in Bourbonnais.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation to the Memory Care Unit at the Manteno Veteran's Home.
Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home
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