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Rodney Edward PERRY

Male 1956 - 2017  (60 years)


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  • Name Rodney Edward PERRY 
    Birth 9 Jul 1956  Polson, Lake County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Feb 2017  Idaho County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Rod died Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

      He was born July 9, 1956, in Polson, Mont., to Monte and Joyce (Carlson) Perry. He spent his early years in Elk River, Boise and Kamiah. He attended Kamiah High School and later North Idaho College at Coeur d'Alene.

      In 1973 he joined the U.S. Air Force, working as an aircraft crew chief. After his discharge he returned to Idaho, where he worked various jobs as a diesel mechanic and truck driver. He worked for Veco Cyprus LTD, working in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, as an off-road heavy haul truck driver, transferring to heavy equipment mechanic. In 2004, he transferred to Veco International Inc. and worked in Sakhalin Island, Russia, as a heavy equipment mechanic, welder and fabricator.

      He returned to the U.S. in 2007 and started working in the oil fields of North Dakota in 2009 as a heavy haul truck driver and later equipment and truck mechanic. While in North Dakota, Rod married the love of his life, Shannon (Dolph) Perry. They returned to Kamiah, where Rod was employed as a truck driver.

      Rod lived and loved to ride his Harley-Davidson. He had planned to start building motorcycles.

      He is survived by his wife, Shannon; daughter Alicia Bolling (OJ); granddaughter Keely of Spokane; stepdaughter Denise (Jon) Schuh; grandson Andy; granddaughter Charlotte of Connell, Wash.; brother Calvin (Terese) Perry of Seward, Alaska; sister Del Rae (Bill) Hendren of Mead, Wash.; sister Donna Woods of Buhl, Idaho; and last but not least, his cat, Boner, of Kamiah.
    Person ID I29516  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023 

    Father Monte Edward PERRY,   b. 2 May 1927, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1979, Lewis County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Joyce Adelia CARLSON,   b. 15 Nov 1925, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1972 (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1948  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family SHIVELY 
    Family ID F20512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023