Adrienne Perry

1946 - 2012

Adrienne Carole Edwards Perry
February 16, 1946 - November 11, 2012
Resident of Mountain View
Adrienne Perry, 66, of Mountain View, California, died at home following an extended battle with cancer.
Born in St. Austell, Cornwall, England, she was the daughter of the late Derek Lawler Piercy Edwards and Esmee Doreen Courtenay Edwards, and the sister of the late Nigel Treloar Edwards and of Veryan Courtenay Edwards Cockburn.
Her family resided in Hong Kong for sixteen years with intermittent trips to England, finally settling in Africa in the mid 1960s. From there Adrienne went back to England to study opthamology at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. After she completed her studies to become an opthalmist, she traveled to Savannah, Georgia to work for a short period of time, and there met her late husband, Edmund Conant Perry. After a whirlwind courtship of 4 months, they married in early 1969 and proceeded to move to Storrs Connecticut, where Adrienne worked for a time at the Hartford Hospital.
They moved with their daughter to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1974, where Adrienne worked at the Stanford Hospital for four years. After that she found very happy employment at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for over 30 years in the eye department, until she retired. She always found her work with both patients and with other PAMF staff to be extremely rewarding.
She also enjoyed and was an expert gardener, spent much of her time writing, had a keen interest in zoology, and was an ardent Star Trek fan. She greatly relished her various excursions to Africa where she would go on safaris with her sister, and at home she enjoyed going on smaller trips with her husband to various places throughout California to observe wildlife. Her entire life was one of vibrancy, courage, and vivacity, and she lived every moment to the fullest.
By her request there is to be no memorial service.
She is survived by her sister, Veryan Courtenay Edwards Cockburn of Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, 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 World Wildlife Federation.