Hollister resident Robert G. Perry died at his home Monday,
Sept. 1. He was 65.
Robert G. Perry
Hollister resident Robert G. Perry died at his home Monday, Sept. 1. He was 65.
Perry was a graduate of San Benito High School. He was trained as a mechanic and machinist in the National Guard and served for eight years working on their tanks.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Church, member and past treasurer of the Hollister Lodge No. 1436, B.P.O.E., a member of Scarpum, Cementum and Ducks Unlimited. He was a former member of the Boosters and the Western Growers Association. He was co-owner of P&L Farms, raising row crops with his brother-in-law, Pete Lomanto. He was also a co-owner of Garden Fresh with John Sarkisian and a former partner with Greg Cabral in C&P Cattle Company.
He is survived by his wife Carolyn J. Perry of Hollister; children Richard G. (Kim) Perry and Lisa M. (Trino) Jimenez, both of Hollister; grandchildren Ali Perry, Ashley and Justin Jimenez, and Matthew Mendelson; brother and sister-in-law Peter J. and Paula Lomanto of Hollister; aunts and uncles Marian and Richard Falconi, and Babe and Johnny Lomanto, and Frances Ramoni, all of Hollister; cousins Judy and Frank Arzie of Hollister and numerous other relatives.
No formal visitation is planned at the mortuary. Friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass followed by a memorial service given by the Hollister Lodge No. 1436 B.P.O.E. on Monday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church. Private cremation and inurnment will be conducted by Grunnagle-Ament-Nelson Crematory.
Donations may be sent to the Ronald McDonald House or Visiting Nurses Assn., c/o Grunnagle-Ament-Nelson Funeral Home.
Perry’s cremains will be placed in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery.
