RUTH HELEN MUELLER PERRY

1924-2017

November 27, 1924 – October 8, 2017

Ruth Helen Mueller Perry, 92, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on October 8, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas.

Ruth was born on November 27, 1924 in Asheville, North Carolina, to Harry and Grace Mueller. The family soon moved to Huntington, West Virginia, where Harry accepted a job as the head of the music department at Marshall College. Ruth graduated from Marshall and was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She married her great love, Groover Franklin Perry in 1947, and they remained married for 57 years until his death in 2004.

The Perrys moved to Houston in 1956, and while Groover established a podiatry practice in Oak Forest, Ruth raised their children and contributed to her community as a Girl Scout leader and as a Sunday school teacher at Oaks Presbyterian Church. Ruth and Groover also enjoyed many Friday evenings dancing with friends at Hix ‘n Chix Square Dance Club and later with The Spirits. She loved all animals (especially hummingbirds), watching thunderstorms, baking bread and apple pie, sewing, and china painting. She was kind to everybody, and the older she became, the sweeter she was.

In addition to Groover, Ruth was preceded in death by her father, Harry Edward Mueller; mother, Agnes Grace Burtis Mueller; brother, Paul Henry Mueller; and sister-inlaw, Betty Rixford Mueller.

Ruth is survived by her children, Susan Perry Alexander (Ken), Houston; John Perry (Judy), Fair Oaks Ranch; grandchildren, Jennifer Perry Hicks (Brandon), San Antonio; Matthew Alexander (Ally), Reid Alexander, and Christopher Alexander, all of Houston; and numerous nieces and nephews in the Mueller and Perry families.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, in the Chapel at Freedom House, Blue Skies over Texas, 5100 John D. Ryan Blvd., San Antonio, Texas, 78245. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the San Antonio Humane Society. Inurnment will be at Fort Sam Houston at a later date. You are invited to sign the Guestbook at: www.porterloring.com Arrangements with PORTER LORING MORTUARY 1101 McCULLOUGH AVENUE SAN ANTONIO, TX 78212 (210) 227-8221