PERRY, Colleen

PERRY, ANDERSEN, KOLPIN, STOLZE, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/26/2006 at 10:59:22

COLLEEN PERRY

Funeral services for Colleen Perry, 73, of Aurelia, IA, will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, July 26, 2004, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Jack Weida officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia. Visitation will be Sunday from 12:00 to 8:00 P.M., with the family being present from 2:00 to 4:00 and from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. A memorial fund has been established.

Colleen died Friday, July 23, 2004 at her home in Aurelia.

Ila Colleen Andersen was born January 16, 1931, the daughter of Quentin and Martha (Kolpin) Andersen, in Cherokee, Iowa. She attended Afton Township School through the 7th grade, and graduated from the Aurelia High School in 1948. She then attended Commercial Extension in Omaha for one year. Colleen married Wilson Duane Perry on September 10, 1950, at the Methodist Church in Aurelia. She worked as a secretary for the Hansen Grain Elevator in Storm Lake until their son Steven was born. Colleen was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, Friendship Club, Pal Club, several Bridge clubs, Pinochle Club, church circle, and United Methodist Women. She enjoyed playing cards, baking, flowers and gardening, and spending time with her grandchildren and friends. She will be fondly remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.

Preceding Colleen in death were her parents, and two daughters, Vicky Jo and Linda Sue.

Survivors include her husband Duane of Aurelia, four children, Steven and his wife Donna Perry of Vancouver, WA, Blaine and his wife Darlene Perry of Aurelia, IA, Stacey and his wife Denise Perry of Leawood, KS, and one daughter, Deb and her husband Daniel Stolze of Urbandale, IA. Also surviving are thirteen grandchildren, Michelle Williams, Jessica, Stephanie, Christopher, and Zachary Perry, Adam, Brooke, and Andrew Perry, Marcus, Jonathan, and Michael Perry, and Kyle and Nathan Stolze, four great-grandchildren, Kassie, Tommy, Katie, and McKenzie Williams, aunts, uncles, and other relatives and friends.