Nancy Lynne Perry

1942 - 2014

Nancy Fry Perry, age 72, died on June 23, 2014, from pancreatic cancer in Lompoc, California. Nancy was born on January 28, 1942, in Sibley, Iowa to F.J. (Chick) Fry and Audrey S. (Pat) Fry. In 1955, Nancy and her family moved to El Monte, California in search of a better life. Nancy married the love of her life Norman J. Perry on December 7, 1963. Nancy and Norman had two sons, John and Marc. Nancy and Norman celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2013.

Nancy graduated Arroyo High School in El Monte, Alan Hancock College in Santa Maria, and Chapman University in Orange. In 1962, Nancy moved to Lompoc and started her 39-year career with the U.S Civil Service as a clerk typist with the U.S Navy at Point Arguello and retired as the Nonappropriated Fund Financial Analyst with the U.S Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base in April 2001.

Nancy was an original member of the Monday night bunco group and her ladies sewing club. Nancy was the Lompoc Valley Distance Club newsletter editor for 30 years and the financial director of the Valley of the Flowers Half-Marathon. Nancy was also a member of the Friends of the Lompoc Library, the Lompoc Hospital Foundation Community Education Committee, and Quilters, Etc. Nancy was a runner for 38 years and ran one marathon, 23 half-marathons, and numerous 5 and 10Ks.

Nancy and Norman loved to travel and Nancy was fortunate to be able to cross the Galapagos Islands, South Africa, Machu Picchu, and rafting the Grand Canyon as well as many European and South American countries and New Zealand off her bucket list.

Nancy is survived by her husband, Norman, their sons John (Oskana) and Marc (Elysha), four grandchildren, Tyler, Cody, Kyle and Riley of Lompoc; her brother Mic (Dianna) Fry, Hesperia, California; sister-in-law Genevieve Sweet, Avila Beach, California, and brother-in-law George (Paloma) Perry, San Antonio, Texas; aunt Blanche Geronsin, Solvang; aunts and uncles Alice and Joe Milligan, Lompoc and Inez and August George, Lompoc and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, grandparents John and Tillie Fry and Merritt and Ethel Patten; mother-in law and father-in-law Mary and George Perry; aunt and uncle Gene and Mary Patten; cousin Sandra Nicholson; uncle Elmer Geronsin; cousin George Geronsin; aunt and uncles Mae Thayer Hasbrouck, Cliff Thayer, and Richard Hasbrouck; brother-in-law Rodney Sweet.

The visitation will be Sunday, June 29, from 4 to 7 pm with the recitation of the rosary at 6 pm in the chapel of the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Father Tom Cook will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, June 30, at 10 am at La Purisima Catholic Church in Lompoc. The interment will be in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. A reception will follow at the family home, 901 East Fir Avenue.

Memorial donations may be made to the Friends of the Lompoc Library, 501 East North Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436.