Carole Ann Perry
Carole Ann Perry
MISSOULA — Carole Ann Perry, age 72 years young, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Dec. 14, 2013. Our Mommy was born on Dec. 10, 1941 in Deer Lodge, Montana. Dave and Dorothy Mahoney adopted her soon after. She grew up and went to school in Missoula. On her 19th birthday she met Ken Cheff Sr. They married only weeks later. Together they had four children, Ken Jr., Billy, Roxy Mae, and Wendy. Carole and Ken divorced almost 9 years later but have remained loving friends ever since. She met and married Steve Perry. Together they had a daughter, Stephanie. In 1977 they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where they later divorced. She was a single mom who worked hard to raise her three girls. Carole also spent 9 years raising two of her grandchildren, Heather and Jason, who both held very special spots in her heart.
From 1977 to 1992 Mom lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; San Diego, Calif.; Ketchikan, Alaska and Auburn, Wash. before moving back to Montana, which held much of her family and her heart.
She had to say goodbye to many of those loved ones after she moved back home: Kenny’s beautiful young daughter Amanda; her Daddy Dave; her daughter-in law Carol and our brother Billy, who held the strings of her heart.
Mom worked for Missoula’s Head Start Program for 9 years where she did what she loved doing, working with children. She finally retired at the young age of 69. Mom was a devoted friend to many and will be greatly missed by them all.
We, Kenny, Roxy, Wendy and Stephanie, our spouses Bill McDermott, Shawna Peterson, Ele Faafiti, our children and their spouses, Scotty (Noelle), Heather (Bassam), Brice, Chrystale, Jason, Tyler, Carole, David, Britney, Colten, Kyle, Taylor, Cassidy and Reagan and 9 great-grandchildren will all greatly miss our mom, grandma and great-grandma. We will cherish each day that our Lord blesses us with, just as she did.
Services were held on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1 p.m. at the Terrace Lake Community Church followed by a graveside service at the Ronan Cemetery.
Messages of condolences may be shared online at www.groganfuneralhome.com.
