Florence E. Perry, a retired school teacher who volunteered thousands of hours to blind and visually impaired people, died May 27 at Rush North Shore Medical Center. A longtime Chicago resident, she was 84. Friends recalled her as a tireless volunteer who never refused a request for help. She gave financial support to dozens of charities, and volunteered more than 6,000 hours as a reader for the Blind Service Association, an organization that provides reading and recording services for blind and visually impaired people. Anna Nessy Perlberg, the association’s executive director, said Miss Perry had “a tremendous generosity of heart that came through in everything she did.” Her Blind Service Association client and friend of 13 years, Patricia Trakas, recalled the first time she met Miss Perry. “I walked into the Blind Service Association shaking and scared to death because I had lost the sight in one eye and the vision in the other was going, and who did they give me but Florence Perry,” Trakas said. “She was the most generous, compassionate, caring, dedicated and loyal human being I ever met.” There were no immediate survivors. Services were held Monday.
