Samuel Perry Damerel ’31

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PERRY DIED Feb. 2, 1993, at the Newport News Baptist Retirement Community. He prepared at Erasmus Hall H.S., and while at Princeton was a member of the pistol team, band (drum major), Glee Club, Triangle Club, orchestra, and Key and Seat Club. He roomed with C. R. Murray. Perry was a manufacturer, and at one time was office manager of the Crown Fastener division of Coats and Clark, Inc., in Newport News. Perry is survived by his brother John, sister Alice, and two daughters. The Class sends its condolences to his family.

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