Ronald C. Perera Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Ronald C. Perera of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, who passed away at the age of 81, on August 4, 2023. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Guido R. Perera and Faith P. Perera; his daughter Rosie; his wife Judith Weed (Jay); his daughter Lisa Denny Perera; his son-in-law Gary Lowery of South Orange, NJ; his daughter Katherine Perera Patterson (Katie); his son-in-law Michael Patterson of Watertown, MA; his grandchildren, Rosalind Phillips Perera (TC Tolbert) of Tucson, AZ, Michael, Adam, Anna and Harper; his brother Lawrence T. Perera; and his sisters-in-law, Joan, Elizabeth and Frederica Perera. He was also cherished by 50 cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Ron received awards or fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paderewski Fund for Composers, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation, Harvard University, and ASCAP. Ron was instrumental in the creation of Thacher Hall, a secular community performance venue owned by the Yarmouth New Church Preservation Foundation.