Lida Tells Perry passed away on May 8, 2003, in Chico.
Lida Tells Perry passed away on May 8, 2003, in Chico. She was 90 years old and was born on Feb. 9, 1913, in San Jose to Frank and Mary Tells.
She is the mother of Floyd and Nadine Perry of Durham and Ron and Ann Perry of Haslett, Mich. She is the grandmother of Michael and Rafaela Perry, Brian Perry, Christine and Kraig Katzenmeyer, Janelle and Michael Nichols, Aaron Perry and Drew Perry. She is the great grandmother of Mikayla Nichols and Kyle and Madison Katzenmeyer. She is also the sister of Madeline Romano of San Jose and has many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Perry, sister Dorothy Monk and brothers Frank and Clarence Tells.
Mrs. Perry moved to Gilroy from Santa Clara in 1954 and to Morgan Hill in 1986. She had many years of involvement in their family orchard operations and worked at the Gilroy Unified School District Food Services, Gilroy Foods, Sun Sweet and Vigna Farms. She was involved with the Flower Lovers Club and Women in Touch in Morgan Hill, and a member of St. Catherine Church.
Services will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Habing Family Funeral Home, Gilroy, followed by a Mass at St. Mary’s Church in Gilroy at 1:30 p.m. Entombment will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Gilroy. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions con be made in her name to St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, 346 Cherry St., Chico, CA 95928.
