J. Bruce PERKINS

PERKINS, LAMBERT, CHAMBERLAIN, SNIDER, BOWEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/13/2013 at 14:32:10

April 2, 1947 ---- March 9, 1998

J. Bruce Perkins, 50, of 101 Dogwood Drive, Clemson, S.C., died Monday, March 9, 1998, at his home. Funeral services were held Friday, March 13 at the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, where he was a member. The Rev. Thomas Healey was the officiant. Interment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. The family suggests memorials be made to the Bruce Perkins Memorial. Bruce was born April 2, 1947, the son of John and Marlus (Lambert) Perkins. He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1965, and from Mankato State University, Mankato, Minn. in 1969. Bruce married Jane Chamberlain on Aug. 23, 1968 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mason City, Iowa. He taught and coached at Clarion High School. He was in the real estate business in Clear Lake, and worked for Winnebago Homes in Forest City, Iowa, Component Homes in Iowa City, Iowa, Boise Cascade in Chippewa Falls, Wis., and Henkel Construction in Mason City, Iowa. He enjoyed waterfowl hunting, and in recent years became an accomplished carver of waterfowl and figures. He was an avid sailor and supporter of youth and high school football and hockey.

He is survived by his wife, Jane Perkins, Clemson; three children, Jeff Perkins and his wife, B.J., and sons, Anthony and Nicholas, Marion, Iowa; Elizabeth Perkins, Iowa City, Iowa; and Meredith Perkins, Clemson; his parents, John and Marlus Perkins, Clear Lake; one sister, Sandra K. Snider and her husband, Lloyd, Peck, Kan.; and in-laws, Tom and Denise Chamberlain, Brooksville, Fla., Mark Chamberlain and Teresa Bowen, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Organist Pat Treloar accompanied soloist Larry Shaffer. Pallbearers were Dick Minette, Dennis Henningsen, Tom Ebeling, Chris Murray, Mark Fisher, Mike Fredericks, and Dick Hayes.