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Edmund Perry Obituary
Apr 8, 1945-Sept 2, 2012
Resident of Mountain View
Edmund Conant Perry, 66, of Mountain View, California, died at El Camino Hospital Sunday, September 2, 2012 following an extended illness.
A native of New York State, he was the son of the late Edmund Hallie Perry and Elizabeth Dorothy Conant Perry, and the brother of the late Lawrence Barron Perry.
He served two tours in the United States Marine Corps in HMM-164 in Vietnam, proceeded to graduate Summa Cum Laude from UConn, and then attended Stanford as a National Science Foundation fellow studying cognitive pyschology as a graduate student. He then went on to work for Dalmo Victor, started his own company, I3C, and from there went to work for many years at Aurora Networks.
A memorial service will be held at Spangler Mortuary in Los Altos on Sunday, September 9, 2012 from 10:00 am until 11:30 am.
Interment will be at Skylawn Memorial Park immediately after the service.
He is survived by his wife, Adrienne Carole Edwards Perry of Mountain View; one daughter, Tanya Veryan Perry Achermann of Mountain View, one granddaughter, Cassandra Courtenay Achermann of Mountain View, and a grandson, Tristram Conant Achermann of Mountain View.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.
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Memories and Condolences
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Sponsored by His daughter, who misses him daily. .
Dad after his second tour in Vietnam
Tanya Achermann
July 30, 2014
Tanya
July 30, 2014
I miss you Daddy.
Ralph Conant
November 12, 2012
Rest My Cousin, My Brother, My Friend. I extend condolances to his family. May God Bless.
John Waddell
September 15, 2012
My deepest condolences to the Perry family, especially Adrienne who I meet for a brief period of time at Cherry Point, NC. I am a former Marine friend of Ed and served with him in Chu Lai, Vietnam. I will so miss Ed as a dear friend.
September 7, 2012
Wisdom, tenacity, humor, kindness, courage, intelligence, grace, love. I regret never getting the opportunity to shake your hand and say "thank you", but I treasure the conversations we shared. With my deepest condolences and all my love to you and your family... Audra Taylor
Gin Graydon
September 5, 2012
Our condolensces to the family of Edmund Perry. So sorry for your great loss. Our love and prayers go out to you. Gin, Paul & Marissa Graydon
Ed in May 2012
Veryan Edwards
September 5, 2012
Goodbye Ed. It was wonderful having you as my brother by marriage. Thank you for being such a good husband to Adrienne and friend to me. I am so thankful for the gift of spending May with you both. I found you kind, generous,patient and understanding. We will all miss you very much.
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