John Perham (1883-1968)

PERHAM, SHERMAN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/2/2010 at 08:01:13

Maquoketa Community Press, July 9, 1968

JOHN PERHAM

Funeral services for John Russell Perham, 84, of 108 South Otto Street, Maquoketa, were held Saturday, July 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Haylock and O’Hara Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerry Wolcott of Maquoketa United Methodist Church officiated at the services with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Perham died Wednesday, July 3rd.

Mr. Perham was born October 28, 1883 in Maquoketa, the son of George and Eliza (Goodenow) Perham. He attended schools in Chicago, Illinois and was a printer. He married Izabel J. Sherman in October 1907 in Rock Island, Illinois.

Surviving are his wife, Izabel; one daughter, Betty Oleata Betts of Serra Vista, Arizona; eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Mr. Perham was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one sister and two brothers.