Richard W. Perkins |
| Posted 2009-10-18 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Richard W. Perkins passed away April 23, 2006, at the Arizona State Veterans Home in Phoenix, after a brief illness at 85 years of age. He was born in Oolitic, Ind., on Nov. 7, 1920, and was laid to rest on May 1 at Cypress View Mausoleum in San Diego, Calif. Richard was a veteran of WWII as a B-29 bomber pilot over Japan. After his Air Force service he was recruited by the California, State Teachers Association while teaching in Illinois. He chose to teach at La Mesa, San Diego County, Calif., until 1978 after 34 years of teaching. He then worked for the State of California for his second retirement. He moved to Prescott in 1992. Richard worked for Carl Sandburg several years helping with research and was a Lincoln scholar lecturing at colleges and universities as well as filling in for Sandburg whose health was failing. Richard worked with Walt Disney in writing the speech for the Lincoln exhibit at Disneyland. He was an official for football and basketball games with the Big-10 and Pac-10 conferences. Richard also worked for 16 summers as tour director for teens traveling across the United States, including Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and Japan. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Virginia; son Robert Perkins of Canyon Lake, Calif.; daughters, Susan Perkins of Descanso, Calif., and Sandra Brandt of Eckert, Colo.; two stepsons, David Harris of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Dan Harris of San Diego, Calif.; sister Madge Jones of Bedford, Ind.; 13 grandchildren and14 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 12, at Word of Life Assembly, 2200 N. Highway 89, where Richard was a member. In lieu of flowers, it is suggested donations be made to the Gideon Society. Information provided by survivors. |
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