Candida Teresa Perez (1913-2018)

PEREZ

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/30/2018 at 15:26:02

After a 105 year adventure Candida (Candy) Teresa Perez, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend went to be with her Lord on March 12, 2018.

The family will greet friends from 1-2 on Friday March 16, 2018 at Cedar Memorial Chapel. Services will be held at Cedar Memorial Chapel at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Candy was born March 10,1913 the first daughter of Prudencio Anaya and Maria Teresa Echevarria in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Due to her father passing away, she had to help her mother with her siblings and was unable to finish high school. She met her husband at the First Baptist Church in Ponce, where they married on December 16, 1935. They had two children, Abigail Perez Anaya and John Ramon Perez Anaya. They moved to New York, September 1946, where she eventually worked for Jo-El Clothing manufacturing company as supervisor. In 1986, she moved to Iowa to be near her family. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Marion, and a retired member of the ILGWU.

She is survived by- her daughter Abigail (Tom) Pumroy and her son John Ramon (Frances) Perez, and special nephew Angelo (Kathy) Carrillo. Grandchildren- BJ (Kaela) Pumroy, Kyle (Kelly) Pumroy, Marta Pumroy, Jon (Luciana) Perez and Nick Perez. Great-grandchildren-Paiton, Kinnick, Maddux, and Thomas Pumroy and Damian and Cosmo Perez.

She was preceded in death by her husband Juan R Perez in 1978 and her 5 younger siblings. She was the first to be born and the last one to be with her Lord. “The first shall be last.”

The family would like to thank Dr. Jason Booth and the staff and nurses at Manor Care for her wonderful care.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to First Presbyterian Church in Marion or a charity of your choice in her name.