Perry was born in Hollister, Ca. on June 23,1923, while the family lived at 920 Sunnyslope Rd.

Perry attended local elementary schools, graduating from Hollister High school in 1941. After high school Perry worked for Bank of America for 18 months.

He joined the Navy and served 3 years 3 months in the Navy during WW2. The Navy experience was quite an adventure for the country boy. The first thing that happened was his then girl friend introduced him to her best friend, Elizabeth, who became his wife on Nov. 28, 1943. He spent two years recruiting Aviation Cadets in San Francisco, station at the Ferry Building, then fourteen months on a sub tender stationed in Guam. He was discharged Dec. 25, 1945 as a Yeoman 2c.

During the recruiting years there were two train trips to Denver, Co. - the first time on a train and the first time he had ever seen snow. When he was transferred to sea duty it was a train trip from one coast to the other, ending at the New York City receiving ship. While waiting for the ship to be finished, Elizabeth came to New York and they enjoyed 7 weeks of sight seeing. The sight seeing included a trips to Washington D.C., Coney Island, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the sub ways and other sites of New York.

When the ship was finished it set sail for Guam. A day going through the Panama Canal was a lifetime thrill. Then on to two weeks in Hawaii and finally arriving in Guam Dec.1944. After VJ the ship took a tour to Tokyo, Shanghai and Manila. Each city was an exciting liberty. He sailed from Manila for the USA on a Destroyer Escort, a very fast ship, just what he was hoping for.

After the war he returned to Hollister and took over the poultry ranch when his father retired. He processed and packaged all the eggs from 50,000 hens, distributing them to stores in Hollister as well as under other packers' brand names in other areas. He served as director to the California Egg Council, Nu-Laid Farms CoOp, San Benito County Planning Commission, and Sunnyslope County Water District, and president of the Hollister Rotary Club.

Perry sang in the Presbyterian Church choir and community chorus, as well as many weddings and funerals. He enjoyed snow skiing and S.F. 49ers football games. The days were usually started at the coffee shop with his buddies, where all the local gossip was exchanged and most of the world and nation's problems were solved. Too bad nobody listened to their solutions. At 9:00 AM it was off to the Post Office to get the mail and get on with the day's work.

When he retired from the ranch, in 1979, he and Elizabeth moved to Grass Valley, Ca. where Perry worked part time as a real estate salesman in Grass Valley, Ca., activating his real estate license he had had since 1946.

Sadly, Elizabeth passed away in December 2014. Perry just celebrated his 96th birthday on June 23, 2019. His son, David, currently lives with him to keep him company and care for him.