George Arthur Perry, 87, of Marysville, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Union County following a short illness. He was a retired warrant officer with the United States Marine Corps after serving 22 years, where he specialized in aviation electronics. He was a 1942 graduate of Dover Rural High School and attended San Diego State College. He was a member of New Dover United Methodist Church and Gideons International. He enjoyed fishing and gardening. He was born October 15, 1924 in Delaware County to the late Maurice Raymond and Cleo M. Calvert Perry and was also predeceased in 2007 by his wife of 37 years, Shirley A. Swanson Perry and a sister, Jennette Wise. He is survived by two adopted daughters, Becky Matheny and Barbi Williams, both of California; three sisters, Ann Britton of Arlington, Margaret Barker and Juanita Vigar, both of Marysville; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Monday at Underwood Funeral Home. Rev. Nancy Day-Achauer will officiate and military honors will be provided by the Union County Military Funeral Honor Guard. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.underwoodfuneralhome.com.
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I miss u dad.TY for always keeping in touch through all the years.I always loved being your daughter.TY foe adopting me and taking care of me.I will alway love you.your daughter always Barbi
Our thoughts and prayers are with all you at this time.. May God bless you and keep you in this time of sorrow. Love to you all.
Phil, Becky and Shannon Matheny
George was one of my favorite people in the whole world. I loved him because he loved Jesus Christ. He did not just say he was a Christian, he worked so hard with the Gideons International getting the Word of God into as many countries as possible and worked just as hard to keep New Dover Church going. I will miss George and the annual Gideons International dinners we attended, the after-church-on-Sunday lunches with most of the congregation together in fellowship, watching how he tried to take care of Shirley before her death, the books he would loan me and I would read and take notes and return them to him so we could discuss them. I will just miss George. But, Praise God, I know George and his beloved Shirley are together with the Lord and that is such a wonderful blessing. To those of his family who wrote letters to George when he went on his Emmaus Walk, thank you again for helping make his Emmaus weekend one of the highlights of my time with George as his servant Pastor. To his family I grieve George’s loss with you, but charge you to do as George did: Aim for heaven. We are only passing through this lifetime on our way to eternity with the LORD. George made it all the way into God’s Holy Presence. May we all join together to worship the Lord with George and Shirley one day.