MARILYN E (RHEAUME) PERRY

                Marilyn Elizabeth (Rheaume) Perry, 85, passed away at home in Ware on Monday April 25, 2016. She was born in Pittsfield on April 1, 1931 to Florimond and Elizabeth Rheaume. Marilyn was a graduate of Pittsfield Public Schools. In 1971, she married Arthur (Bim) Perry. They lived in Pelham until they moved to Batesville AR. While in Arkansas, she earned her nursing degree. She continued to work in nursing and private care until her retirement in 2003. After her husband’s death in 1981 Marilyn returned to Dalton, where she lived until moving to Ware in 2004. She was an active member of The Church of the Nazarene in Dalton. The great joy of Marilyn’s life was her family. She was blessed to spend the last 12 years of her life in Ware surrounded by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Donna Lee Honeywell and her husband Clark of Ware, her son Christopher Perry and his wife Lesa of Little Rock AR, and daughter Lisa Rosenthal and her husband Gary of Russell KY. She leaves behind a lifelong friend, confidante and cousin Sharon Shontz of Pittsfield. Marilyn welcomed 11 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren into the world, they will miss her gentle, kind, accepting, presence in their lives. She will be missed by her furry companion Gigi, a Shih-Tzu, who spent the last few years in her lap. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Arthur Perry, her brother William Rheaume, daughters SueAnn Zank, and Ellen MacLeod, and a nephew Gary Lewis. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday April 30, 2016 at 11am in the Second Congregational Church, 1080 Pleasant St. in Palmer. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware. Calling Hours will be held on Friday from 5 to 7 pm at the Charbonneau Funeral Home, 30 Pleasant St. in Ware.