Dec. 27, 1925 - Aug. 12, 1986.

LIVINGSTON - Ray E. Perryman worked in the dairy industry In Iowa, Oklahoma and Nebraska before coming to Montana In 1961. He worked in dairy management positions in Hardin and Billings and moved to Livingston in 1972, where he operated the Sunrise Dairy.

During World War II, he served on a Navy mine sweeper in the South Pacific.

He was a member of the Elks Lodge, Livingston Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Perryman, 60, died Tuesday morning in Livingston Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

He was born in Sheridan, Wyo, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Perryman. He graduated from Sheridan High School and from the Iowa State University.

On June 1, 1946, he married Eileen Guenther in Sheridan.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Ray Perryman Jr. of Portland, Ore, Jim of Billings and Brian of Livingston; four daughters, Margaret Perryman of Minneapolis, Minn, Susan Miller of Portland, Ore, Gail Bullard of Camp Verde, Ariz, and Connie Hutchinson of Billings; a brother, Firth of Webster, N.Y.; and nine grandchildren.

Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery.

Lowry Funeral Home is in charge.

Billings Gazette - Aug. 13, 1986.