Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Perrien II, Wallace J.  April 14, 2013
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Thurs. April 18, 2013

Wallace J. Perrien II, 98, of Troutman, N.C., formerly of Ionia, Mich., died 
April 14, 2013. He died three days before his 99th birthday at the Gordon 
Hospice House in Statesville, N.C.

Wallace was born April 17, 1914 in Ionia, the fourth child of Wallace A. and 
Mattie (Knapp) Perrien. He graduated from Ionia High School in 1932 and went to 
work with his brother-in-law driving truck. In 1937, he was married to Margaret 
V. Annis from Belding. They moved to Holt where he delivered milk for Lansing 
Guernsey Dairy.

During the war he worked at the Michigan State College cannery as foreman. When 
the college closed the cannery, he reopened it at the Michigan Reformatory in 
Ionia and became the Superintendent. He moved his family back to Ionia in 1950. 
Wallace was instrumental in forming the Public Employees Credit Union. After 31 
years at the Reformatory, he retired from the State of Michigan.

Wallace was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge. He participated in Masonic 
Lodge #36-Ionia, Royal Arch Masons #14, Council R&S.M-#23, and Knights Templar 
#11.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by Margaret his wife of 70 
years. Also by his sisters Ruth Higbee and Marie Stilwell, and his brother 
Charles Perrien and their spouses and many nieces and nephews.

Surviving are his children, Wallace John (Mary) Perrien of Troutman, N.C., 
daughter Jean (Chet) Schneider of Houghton Lake; grandchildren, Mark (Felicity) 
DeMartini of Walkaway, Western Australia, Susan DeMartini of Ionia, Elizabeth 
DeMartini of Saranac, Michael (Holly) DeMartini of Waxhaw, N.C., Gregory 
Schneider of Atlanta, Ga., Karl Schneider of Detroit, Theresa Schneider of 
Ionia, John D. Perrien of Fort Mill, S.C., and Joseph A. Perrien of 
Mooresville, N.C. There are 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday, April 19, 11 a.m. at Le Valley Methodist 
Church with 
Pastor Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. 
Visitation will be held Thursday 5 to 7 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home of Ionia. 
Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Gordon Hospice House, 2341 Simonton 
Road, Statesville, N.C. 28625.




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