Relationship to conference: Retired elder

Date of death: Jan. 29, 2014

Arrangements: Visitation and funeral will both be in Vermont, where Rev. Perry and his wife Kareen have been living.

Appointment information: Rev. Perry became ordained in 1969 and served within the Troy Annual Conference until 1997. (The Troy Annual Conference later closed, with some of its members joining the New England Annual Conference and others joining the Upper New York Annual Conference.) In 1997, Rev. Perry joined the Minnesota Conference as steward of appointed leadership, a position that came to be called "director of connectional ministries" in 2002. He retired in 2011.

Rev. Perry is survived by his wife, Kareen Perry, and their children and grandchildren. Cards can be sent to 63 Bluebird Drive, Colchester, VT 05446.