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October 30, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, November 3, 2008 from 1-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from the funeral home then to St. Pius X RC Church, Montville, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon, NJ.
William F. Perry III, age 61 of Towaco, died on Thursday, October 30, 2008. He was at home receiving the loving care of his wife, children, extended family and friends during his courageous battle with cancer.
William, or Bill as many knew him, was born in Passaic. He spent his childhood in West Paterson and graduated from Passaic Valley High School with the class of 1965. He had lived in Kinnelon for nearly twenty years up until 1990. He lived in Lincoln Park, NJ for a few years before moving to Towaco in 1997 with his wife Karen.
He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he earned his BA in Industrial Psychology. He began his career at Singer-Kearfott and then moved to ITT Corporation. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Electronic Systems at ITT. He is a proud recipient of the prestigious Harold S. Geneen Award at ITT. Receiving this award was certainly an honor for him and possibly the crowning highlight of his thirty-year career with ITT. There's a funny story that goes along with his winning of this award; ITT gives a free vacation to the recipient and in this case the trip was to London. However, ITT had recently transferred William; he and Karen were living in England, just outside London, when he won the award! They drove a mere thirty miles to claim their prize vacation.
For those who knew him, he was a very smart man with a huge, warm heart. His friends describe him as one of the most compassionate, giving, and selfless people you could ever meet. He loved his friends, he loved his co-workers, and he would rarely give a handshake without following it up with a hug. He always had a smile on his face, and he never spoke a foul word about anyone. He hated arguing and never yelled. He was always able to talk through any disagreement to a point of resolution.
His hobbies and interests are too numerous to count; hunting, lake fishing in Pennsylvania or upstate New York. He loved to ski, play softball and golf and he coached youth soccer and baseball. He travelled extensively; throughout the western United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Italy, and Scotland. He was also an avid reader; there is a pile of books in their house, Karen will tell you, and he has read every one of them.
William treasured his mother who he recently lost in 2006, and he was very close to his dad, William Jr. and his sister Pat. As a dad, he worshiped the ground that his children walked on. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for them. As a husband, Karen will tell you that he's "wonderful, perfect, and fun loving." Who could ask for anything more?
Bill will be dearly missed by his beloved wife Karen (nee Morgan), five children; Katherine (Katie) and Matthew of Towaco, William and his wife Carolyn of East Stroudsburg, Timothy of Kinnelon, and Daniel of Springfield, NJ, his father; William Perry Jr. of West Paterson, his sister; Patricia Maxwell and her husband Jim of West Paterson, as well as two grandchildren; Shane and Dylan Perry of East Stroudsburg, PA, two nieces; Sherri Capobianco and her husband Gary of Hawaii and Michelle Maxwell of Clifton, a nephew; James Maxwell of West Paterson, and one great-niece; Veronica Capobianco of Hawaii.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in William's memory to the Make A Wish Foundation of NJ, 1034 Salem Road, Union, NJ 07083 or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-2729. Please click on the link below to print out a donation form.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, November 3, 2008 from 1-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from the funeral home then to St. Pius X RC Church, Montville, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon, NJ.
October 30, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, November 3, 2008 from 1-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from the funeral home then to St. Pius X RC Church, Montville, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon, NJ.
William F. Perry III, age 61 of Towaco, died on Thursday, October 30, 2008. He was at home receiving the loving care of his wife, children, extended family and friends during his courageous battle with cancer.
William, or Bill as many knew him, was born in Passaic. He spent his childhood in West Paterson and graduated from Passaic Valley High School with the class of 1965. He had lived in Kinnelon for nearly twenty years up until 1990. He lived in Lincoln Park, NJ for a few years before moving to Towaco in 1997 with his wife Karen.
He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he earned his BA in Industrial Psychology. He began his career at Singer-Kearfott and then moved to ITT Corporation. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Electronic Systems at ITT. He is a proud recipient of the prestigious Harold S. Geneen Award at ITT. Receiving this award was certainly an honor for him and possibly the crowning highlight of his thirty-year career with ITT. There's a funny story that goes along with his winning of this award; ITT gives a free vacation to the recipient and in this case the trip was to London. However, ITT had recently transferred William; he and Karen were living in England, just outside London, when he won the award! They drove a mere thirty miles to claim their prize vacation.
For those who knew him, he was a very smart man with a huge, warm heart. His friends describe him as one of the most compassionate, giving, and selfless people you could ever meet. He loved his friends, he loved his co-workers, and he would rarely give a handshake without following it up with a hug. He always had a smile on his face, and he never spoke a foul word about anyone. He hated arguing and never yelled. He was always able to talk through any disagreement to a point of resolution.
His hobbies and interests are too numerous to count; hunting, lake fishing in Pennsylvania or upstate New York. He loved to ski, play softball and golf and he coached youth soccer and baseball. He travelled extensively; throughout the western United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Italy, and Scotland. He was also an avid reader; there is a pile of books in their house, Karen will tell you, and he has read every one of them.
William treasured his mother who he recently lost in 2006, and he was very close to his dad, William Jr. and his sister Pat. As a dad, he worshiped the ground that his children walked on. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for them. As a husband, Karen will tell you that he's "wonderful, perfect, and fun loving." Who could ask for anything more?
Bill will be dearly missed by his beloved wife Karen (nee Morgan), five children; Katherine (Katie) and Matthew of Towaco, William and his wife Carolyn of East Stroudsburg, Timothy of Kinnelon, and Daniel of Springfield, NJ, his father; William Perry Jr. of West Paterson, his sister; Patricia Maxwell and her husband Jim of West Paterson, as well as two grandchildren; Shane and Dylan Perry of East Stroudsburg, PA, two nieces; Sherri Capobianco and her husband Gary of Hawaii and Michelle Maxwell of Clifton, a nephew; James Maxwell of West Paterson, and one great-niece; Veronica Capobianco of Hawaii.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in William's memory to the Make A Wish Foundation of NJ, 1034 Salem Road, Union, NJ 07083 or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-2729. Please click on the link below to print out a donation form.
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