William Perry Obituary
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Bill was born in Brooklyn, NY. He was a proud alumnus of Brooklyn Preparatory School (Brooklyn Prep) and College of the Holy Cross. After college, Bill served six years as an officer in the Submarine Service in the United States Navy. After the Navy, Bill spent 28 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation including time as the Special Agent in Charge of both the Pittsburgh and Charlotte Field Offices as well as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division. Upon retiring from the FBI, Bill worked 13 years as the Director of Corporate Fraud Investigative Services with Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia). Bill enjoyed golf, travel, cooking, watching sports (especially his grandkids), grocery shopping, Guinness, and most of all spending time with his family. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, John and Stelle Perry.
Mr. Perry is survived by his wife of 52 years, Susan Perry, their sons: Tucker Perry (Julie) of Davidson, NC, and Matt Perry (Jen) of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren: Owen, Maddy, Keegan, Finnegan; brother Steve Perry (Jeannette) of San Clemente, CA; and many loving nieces and nephews.
A Catholic funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2024, at James Funeral Home of Huntersville. The family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. until the service at 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. A reception will follow the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Breakthrough T1D North Carolina Chapter (formerly JDRF) at breakthrought1d.org/northcarolina.
Online condolences may be made at www.jamesfuneralhomelkn.com
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Diane and Dodge Frederick
June 24, 2024
We loved Bill Perry! Bill and Susan have been our best friends for 50 years. What we'll miss most is his sense of humor! He has passed that on to Susan, Matt, Tucker, and his grandkids. We will miss him so much! Love and prayers to his wonderful family.
June 11, 2024
Both my wife and I went to the same grammer school as Bill. We also hung out together at Marty’s in Brooklyn. Bill attended our wedding 59 years ago. We are happy that we had the opportunity to reconnect two years Ina row. The last visit we spent an afternoon at lunch in Southampton. We spoke about the past, present and future. We were shocked to hear the very sad news. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Perry family. Eileen ( Carroll) Falcone and Butch (Frank) Falcone.
Diana Elsass
June 11, 2024
We remember Bill and Susan when they first moved next door to us with their sweet dog Max.
We are heartbroken to hear of Bill´s death and please know we are keeping Susan, Tucker and Matt and all the family close to our hearts.
May your memories sustain you in the coming days as you remember a wonderful man . We hope you remember all of his entertaining stories from a long career of service.
Blessings,
Diana & Don ELSASS
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Richard Cordiano
June 10, 2024
Bill and I were classmates in grammar school. I went to Xaverian H.S. Bill and his girlfriend came with me and my girlfriend to a dance at Xaverian. A picture of our table at the dance was in our high school paper. Bill was left out of the picture because he was not a student at Xaverian.
Tom Lillis
June 8, 2024
...a life-long friend since the first grade! A diligent student, an excellent baseball catcher, team-player and FBI-guy. 1st Class at everything he did. My wife nailed it, 'Bill was one of the (very) good guys'.
Joan Lillis
June 8, 2024
So glad we were able to reconnect at your lake home .What a wonderful mini reunion we shared . We are devastaded at this news. Bill was one of the good guys.
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