Survivor marks her 104th birthday with a safe celebration
BATTLING Kathleen Perry has celebrated her 104th birthday after recovering from coronavirus.
The pensioner from Loughborough, celebrated the milestone last week, on the day after she came out of isolation after recovering from coronavirus.
There was a celebration at the Willows Care Home, Shepshed, where she lives, and her eldest son, the Rev Maurice Perry, and his wife, Ruth, went along, keeping a safe social distance.
The family say they are very grateful for the “dedication, extreme care and excellent nursing” afforded Kathleen by the staff of the Willows, in particular Ed and Nina who spent their time looking after Kathleen”.
Kathleen, or Kath, was born in Nottingham but raised in the Loughborough area, where her family can be traced back for more than 300 years.
In 1916, Kathleen was born into a family still in mourning for a loved one killed at the age of 42 by the Great Zeppelin Raid on Loughborough on January 31 of that year.
Kathleen’s aunt, Annie Adcock, was one of 10 killed in the raid. She was the wife of a brush maker and mother of five children. The family lived at 13 The Rushes.
Kathleen grew up on a farm in Six Hills and then went on to serve as a domestic at Ragdale Hall.
There she spent her early years learning to be a good cook and housekeeper, when she met Frank Perry, who was serving in the Army.
The couple married and had two sons, Maurice and Michael, and they settled in Loughborough as well.
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