Robert Edward Perusse
14 June 1932 - 31 December 2018
Robert Edward Perusse, age 86, passed away on December 31st, 2018 at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland.
Robert was born in St. Paul Minnesota on June 14, 1932. Robert’s love of the railroad began as a teenager when he worked for both the Missouri Pacific and the Wabash Railroad Companies. He received his BS from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri in 1953. While working on his Master’s Degree at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he met his wife, Barbara Mary Klein, also there studying for her Master’s Degree. Barbara and Robert were married in 1957 at St. Michael’s Church in Warsaw, New York.
The newlyweds moved to Newport, Rhode Island where Robert attended officer’s candidate school at the US Naval Schools Command. Upon completion of his courses he was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy, as a Special Duty Officer in Cryptologic Warfare. Robert served several at-sea deployments aboard the USNS Private Jose F. Valdez, visiting many ports of call including: Capetown and Durban, South Africa; Luanda, Angola and Mombasa, Kenya. Throughout his career Robert and Barbara were stationed at Naval Stations around the world including US NAVCOMMSTA, Guam, US NAVFAC Nicosia, Cyprus and the NSGA, Galeta Island, Panama. Robert retired from his final duty station at the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland as a Lieutenant Commander in 1978. He then became an Air Condition and Heating instructor and eventually started his own business, BP Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating.
Robert is survived by his wife Barbara, his children, Lt. Col. Mark (Connie) Perusse USAF (Ret.), Dr. Kevin (Julie) Perusse, Simone (Shawn) Perusse, Dr. Karen (Luther) Perusse Johansen, Brenda (Garner) Perusse Lowe, Colleen Heffern-Perusse, Patrick (Amy) Perusse, and Nanette (Patrick) Perusse Budowski, and his grandchildren Erol, Kristin, Jeffery, Derya, Alev, Kara, Michael, Aaron, Brendan, Justine, Rhianne, Cedric, Avery, Isabella, Quinn, Scarlett, Ryan, Tate, Aiden, Allison, Caitlin, Justin, Patrick, Leonie, Gene, Matthew, Luke, Mackenzie, Laurel, Joel, and Sophia.
Services will be held 10AM Thursday, January 10th, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Odenton, Maryland, to be followed by a 11:30AM memorial service Maryland Veterans Cemetery Crownsville.
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Services: 10AM Thursday, January 10th, 2019 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1283 Odenton Road, Odenton, MD 21113
Burial: 11:30AM Thursday, January 10th, 2019 - Maryland Veterans Cemetery Crownsville Chapel, 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, Crownsville, MD 21032
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