JOHN GENE PERLEY PASSED AWAY JUNE 9, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN NOVEMBER 9, 1912 AT KOROMPAVIDEK, HUNGARY, SON OF JANOS AND JULIANNA PRASZLICSKAY. JOHN WAS EDUCATED AT SCHOOLS IN TOKAJ, HUNGARY. IN NOVEMBER OF 1929 HE AND HIS MOTHER IMMIGRATED TO CANADA TO JOIN JANOS AT HANDSWORTH, SASKATCHEWAN.
JOHN’S LOVE OF MUSIC BEGAN AT AN EARLY AGE AND HE SHARED HIS GIFT WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND AT COMMUNITY DANCES. IN OCTOBER OF 1935 HE MET SUZANNA MATEJKA OF RAYMOND AND IN NOVEMBER OF 1936 THEY WERE MARRIED IN LETHBRIDGE. THEY RESIDED IN THE RAYMOND, MAGRATH, SPRING COULEE AREAS AND CAME TO VULCAN IN AUGUST OF 1957. JOHN WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY OF VULCAN FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ALBERTA PARKS DEPARTMENT IN VULCAN UNTIL RETIRING AT THE AGE 65.
DURING HIS LIFETIME JOHN COMBINED HIS EXCEPTIONAL WOODWORKING SKILLS WITH HIS GIFT OF MUSIC TO CREATE OVER TWENTY-EIGHT VIOLINS, FOUR CEMBALOMS AND A DULCIMER. JOHN LOVED HIS FAMILY AND TIME SPENT WITH THEM. HE ENJOYED FISHING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT MANY LAKES, RIVERS AND STREAMS IN ALBERTA, B.C, AND THE UNITED STATES. HE ALSO ENJOYED NATURE AND TREES, HE PLANTED NUMEROUS TREES WHERE EVER HE LIVED. HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE BLOSSOMING OF HIS MANY FRUIT TREES WHICH BROUGHT HIM GREAT JOY.
JOHN IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE SUZANNA PERLEY OF VULCAN, TWO DAUGHTERS JUDY(DEL) WEST OF RED DEER AND JANE AND HER COMPANION JON BERDEN OF LEMON CREEK, B.C, SIX SONS JOHN (SUE) OF SUNBURST, MONTANA, LESLIE (SELMA) OF NEAPON, ONTARIO, BILL OF MAPLE RIDGE, B.C., RON OF VULCAN, DENNIS (CHERYL) OF NORTH YORK , ONTARIO AND DAVID (AUDREY) OF KAMLOOPS,B.C., FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND A GREAT GRANDSON.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS JOHN AND JULIANA AND HIS SISTER PEARL PIROSKA.
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