Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Rita M. April 15, 2010
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Friday April 16, 2010


Rita M. Perry, 92, of Ionia, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2010. She was 
born on march 5, 1918,in Fowler, the daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth 
(Beauchampet) Janderona.

Mrs. Perry was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, graduated from 
Pewamo High School and the Lansing Business University. She was an Executive 
Secretary for the Federal Government before retiring after many years of 
service and also served as a secretary of the Draft Board Clerk. She was very 
active in many organizations including the Social Concerns Commission, the 
Presbyterian Church Women United, Ionia County Republicans, Ionia Historical 
Society, Ionia Willing Walkers, Alma Bishop Sewing Council, and served on the 
board for Crop, MCA and the Ionia City Council. Her love of sewing, baking 
cookies and apple pies to share and working with the literacy council kept her 
busy in her latest years. She always had a sharp mind and loved politics and 
helping others.

She was preceded in death by her brother, William; She will be lovingly 
remembered by her husband, Gerard Perry of Ionia; daughters, Carol Schroeder 
DeVries (Gordon) of Holland, and Susan Schroeder Atkinson (Robert) of Grand 
Rapids; grandchildren, Amy DeVries DeRuiter (David), Luke DeVries (Michelle, 
Travis Atkinson (Erin) and Clinton Atkinson; great grandchildren, Cody and Cole 
DeRuiter, Alex and Rylie DeVries and Elizabeth Atkinson; sisters, Jean Keck 
(Buddy) of Mobile, Alabama, Harriet Haskin (Norm) of Lake Odessa; brothers, Don 
Janderona (Lois) of Grand Rapids and Dick Janderona (Dorothy) of Fowler; as 
well as many nieces and nephews. 

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, April 19, 
2010 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ionia with Rev. Thomas Boufford 
presiding. Private interment will take place at Pilgrim Home Cemetery in 
Holland. The family will receive friends at the Schruaben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 
220 Rich St., Ionia, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. A Scriptural Wake 
Service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Ss. Peter and 
Paul Memorial Fund, in memory of Mrs. Rita M. Perry. Online condolences may be 
made at www.schraubenlehman.com.



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