Joseph A. Perina

"Life is short, eat dessert first". Joe was so much fun to be around. Sending my condolences to wife Susan and family.

I taught with Joe at Central in the 80's one of the nicest person that I have ever known and funny in his dry way. Always made me laugh. I tell Joe stories all the time of events he has shared with me during our teaching journey.

I have so many memories of Uncle Joe, that it´s kind of hard to just name a few. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to his various stories ranging from teaching to fishing. He had such a great sense of humor, appreciation for nature and wildlife, and his days of playing music. I´ll never forget how he would laugh hilariously about the song Illinois Enema Bandit. Such a great sense of humor one story he didn´t talk about very often was during his time teaching where he was talking to a student...

Joe was one of my student teaching supervisors at South High School in 1969 and he was a teacher at Central High School when I was the principal. He was one of the genuinely nice people I had the opportunity to work with during my career in education. My condolences to his family!