Henry Leland Pero

PERO, Henry Leland

Henry Leland Pero died Sunday, (November 30, 2003) at the Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Born on November 18, 1917 in Monson, MA, he was the son of the late Henry G. Pero and Edna M. Goodell Pero. He graduated from RockviIle High School in the class of 1936. He married the late Helen E. Bradway, his high school sweetheart, October 5, 1940 and graduated from Lowell Textile Institute (now U. Mass Lowell) with a B.T.E. in June 1941. Henry worked for Warren Woolen Co in Stafford Springs, until March, 1942 when he joined the staff at Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, MA where he taught until 1951. He obtained a M.S. degree in textile engineering in June, 1951. While at Lowell he worked on many projects for a number of companies such as Dupont, Cyanamid, Monsanto, and Union Carbide. Henry joined Union Carbide as a New England Technical Representative in 1951 and retired from Union Carbide in March, 1977 as General Marketing Manager located in New York City. Henry was a devoted husband and father and lived with his wife and family in the communities of Chelmsford, and Westwood, MA and Darien, CT and Toronto, Canada, before retiring in 1976 with his wife to East Boothbay, ME. Henry had a lifelong interest in boating and woodwork. Survivors include his two daughters, Joyce M. Paterson of Simsbury, and Bayville, ME, and Janice Pero Losick and her husband Richard of Lexington, MA; and three grandchildren, Robert W. Paterson, Jr and his wife Kate of Portsmouth, NH; Eric Pero Losick of Arlington, VA, and Vicki Pero Losick of Boston, MA. A graveside service will be held in Staffordville, on Saturday, December 6, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Henry Leland Pero Memorial Fund, Congregational Church of Union, Buckley Highway, Union, CT 06076.