Pearl Catherine Perry

Pearl Catherine Perry, 94, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday July 1, 2009, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Visitation from 10 - 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Tuesday. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth L. Perry, Jr. and Byron L. Perry; a daughter, Celestine 'Sally' M. Johnson; grandchildren, Calvin (Christine) Johnson, Brenda (Jack) Calbow, Shelle (Dennis) Youngblut, Yvette Perry, MaDonna Perry, Carrie (Mike) Suggett, Sonja (Brian) Krob, Chandis (Jessica) Perry, and Patrick Perry; great grandchildren, Chelsea, Alexis and Lauren Johnson, Kasey and Jordan Calbow, Jared and Heather Youngblut, Cornelius and Noble Perry, Nicole, Jake and Taylor Suggett, and Colton, Austin and Karlie Krob; and great great grandchildren, Blaine and Brendon Youngblut and Tyler Kirkpatrick. Pearl was born October 23, 1914, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Nicholas and Catherine (Pigeon) Melchior. She married Kenneth L. Perry on August 31, 1935, in Cedar Rapids. In addition to being a homemaker, and loving mother and grandmother, she worked as a clerk for Younkers for twenty years Pearl was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, active in the Democratic Party, and was a poll worker for many elections. Besides spending as much time as possible with her family, she loved auctions, working at I.C. bingo nights, and of course playing Canasta at the Witwer Senior Center. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two grandsons, Michael Dean Johnson and Eric Martin Perry; two brothers, Bernard and Raymond Melchior; and two sisters, Celestine Sejnoha and Mary Mancia. Memorials may be directed to the Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.