{"id":4349,"date":"2022-07-29T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T23:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3nd.org\/?page_id=4349"},"modified":"2022-07-30T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:47:08","slug":"n3kes-sk-preston-perkey-sr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=4349","title":{"rendered":"N3KES – SK – Preston Russel Perkey Sr"},"content":{"rendered":"

SILENT KEY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is with Sadness:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SILENT KEY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Preston Russel Perkey Sr – SK – N3KES<\/span>
\nNovember 13th, 1922 – April 2nd, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston Russel Perkey Sr., 93, of New Bloomfield PA, passed away April 2nd, 2016 at the Homeland Hospice Center in Harrisburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born November 13th, 1922 in Manada Hill PA. He was the son to the late John and Alice (Hocker) Perkey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston was a graduate of the John Harris High School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston then enlisted in the Navy and served during WWII.<\/span><\/p>\n

He later worked at Bethlehem Steel in the West End Machine Shop as a general foreman. After retiring from Bethlehem Steel he also worked for American Decal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston loved to spend quality time with his family and his cat Jake, he also enjoyed new cars, spending time on his farm, tinkering with HAM radios.<\/span><\/p>\n

He belonged to the Robert Burns Lodge F&AM<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston was p<\/span>receded in death by his loving wife Dorothy (Graham) Perkey, March 17th, 2016. They would have been married 74 years on April 14th. <\/span><\/p>\n

Preston leaves behind two sons, Preston (Leslie) Perkey of FL and Richard (Susan) Camp Hill; four grandchildren, Kimberly Hackett, Sandra Perkey-Masterson, John Perkey, and Kevin Perkey; along with 6 great grandchildren, Tyler Masterson, Eion Hackett, Samuel Perkey, Eleanor Perkey, Wyatt Perkey, and Cole Perkey. <\/span><\/p>\n

Preston loved all of his family with all of his heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

To share condolences, please visit RonSmithFuneralHome.com or on Facebook. Arrangements entrusted to the Ronald C.L. Smith Funeral Home.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Bloomfield Cemetery<\/span>
\n202 South Apple Street<\/span>
\nNew Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania<\/span><\/p>\n

Cemetery Stone Location<\/span><\/a> then Click on ‘Grave Site’ Link<\/span><\/p>\n

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SILENT KEY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is with Sadness:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SILENT KEY Preston Russel Perkey Sr – SK – N3KES November 13th, 1922 – April 2nd, 2016 Preston Russel Perkey Sr., 93, of New Bloomfield PA, passed away… Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}