Ricky Lee Perry, 38, a lifelong resident of Mentor, died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Lake East Hospital in Painesville.
He was born Nov. 1, 1969, in Willoughby.

He was a 1987 graduate of Mentor High School. He loved fishing. Mr. Perry worked at Olmsted Falls Erecting Company as an iron worker.

Survivors are his four children, Cody Perry, Savannah "Sam" Perry, Zachary Perry and Garrett Perry, all of Mentor; mother, Janet Lee Perry of Ft. Gay, W.Va.; father, Jessie (Carol) Perry of Mentor; and brother, Steven (Creslyn) Perry of the Philippines.

Burial will be in West Virginia. The family suggests contributions to Freedom Assembly of God, Attn: Pastor Jason Tatterson, 4920 Forest Road, Mentor, OH 44060. Arrangements are entrusted to Brunner Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Mentor.