Vernon Perry

Vernon 'Snoball' Perry age 84 of Waucoma, Iowa died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Center in West Union. At his request, his body was donated to Des Moines University. Friends may greet the family 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Waucoma Legion Hall. Inurnment will take place at a later date in the Waucoma Cemetery. Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, New Hampton is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences for Vernon's family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com. Vernon Herbert Perry was born July 26, 1928, on the Kilcher family farm, south of Lawler in rural Chickasaw County, IA. He was the second son of Oscar and Agnes (Kilcher) Perry. He received his education in Waucoma. On June 19, 1948, in Berwyn, IL, he married Elaine Marron of Waucoma. To this union six children were born. The couple later divorced. Vernon was a jack of all trades having worked for Western Electric in Chicago and John Deere in Waterloo. He was a heavy equipment operator, building the bridges at Prairie Du Chien and LaCrosse, WI. Additionally, he worked heavy equipment in the development of Onalaska, WI. Snoball also worked at developing the current site of the George Wyth State Park in Waterloo. During his career, he took pride in having worked on the Alaskan Pipeline. Snoball's most admired trait is being a master at story telling, and to quote one of his favorite sayings, 'I have driven more miles in reverse than you have driven forward!' Survivors include Elaine Perry of Waucoma, IA. Four sons, Duane (Debra) Perry of Belmond, IA, Chris (Donna) Perry of Mason City, IA, Art (Beth) Perry and Steve (Traci) Perry, all of Waucoma; two daughters, Janeen (Tom) Connell of Cedar Falls and Kathleen (Clarence) Copus of Soldiers Grove, WI; twelve grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Duane Perry; one grandson, Ben Perry.