ObituariesMay 21, 1998

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral for Henry E. Perr of Scott City will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Revs. Robert Kirite and Joel Sarrault will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Perr, 91, died Monday, May 18, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral for Henry E. Perr of Scott City will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Revs. Robert Kirite and Joel Sarrault will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Perr, 91, died Monday, May 18, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 25, 1907, in New Wells, son of August and Johannah Borchelt Perr. He married Edith Welsh May 17, 1943.

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Perr was a barber and worked at Style Rite Barbershop in Cape Girardeau for many years. He later moved to Illmo, where he owned his own barbershop. In Sikeston he worked at the Kenny Rogers CP Center 10 years, and at Lambert's Cafe three years.

He was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church and had taught Sunday school. He had been a member of Kiwanis Club, and a Scout and 4-H leader.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Doyle and Howard Perr, both of Scott City, Mark Perr of St. Louis; three daughters, Jane Perr of West Frankfort, Ill., Lois Buie of Mitchell, Ind., Martha Mayville of Midlothian, Texas; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by a brother.

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