• Herbert Towle Perrin, Jr.

    March 7, 2015
    • BORN: April 11, 1929
    • DIED: March 7, 2015
    • LOCATION: Hot Slphr SprSprings Village, Arkansas

    Mr. Herbert Towle Perrin Jr., 85, Of Hot Springs Village passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015. He was born April 11, 1929 to Brigadier General Herbert T. Perrin and Anne Wilby Perrin, both deceased, at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

    Mr. Perrin graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, OH. and received his MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He joined Inland Steel Co.’s 7th Training Group in 1950 and shortly after was drafted into the Korean War. He served in the Army from 1950 to 1954 and was awarded the 1st Robert P. Patterson Award for Most Outstanding Officer Training Candidate in 1952. Mr. Perrin rejoined Inland Steel in 1954 and was a member of the Executive Committee Chairman of the Laboratory Dept. He retired from Inland Steel Container Co. in 1986.

    He married Diane Chamberlain on August 6, 1955. One of his biggest joys in life was sharing his talents by volunteering. He serves on the Board of Trustees at St. Johns Military Academy from 1977 to 1987. Diane and Herb moved to Hot Springs Village in 1986 where he continued to share his talents in the: Morning Lions Club, P.O.A., Worthern Bank, HSV Board of Directors – 1990-1993-2002-2003, HSV Board of Directors President 1991-1992, Village Community Foundation President 1996-2000, St. Joe’s Advisory Board(HSV) 2001-2003, HSV Outstanding Service Award 2002, Friends of HSV Outstanding Leadership in the Village Community 2005, Advance Care Hospital Board of Directors – 10 years of service 2009. Mr. Perrin attended Kirk of The Pines Presbyterian Church.

    He suffered for years with Alzheimer’s disease but will be remembered for his quick wit and brilliant mind. Mr. Perrin is survived by his wife Diane, daughter Laurie Boor and husband Jeff, sister Susanne Raup and nephew John Raup.

    Memorial Services for Mr. Perrin are 2 P.M. Wednesday, March 11 at Good Samaritan Chapel. Memorials may be made in honor of Herbert to: Good Samaritan Society, 121 Cortez Rd., Hot Springs Village, AR. 71909.

    Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to CedarVale Funeral Home. For online condolences/guestbook visit us at www.cedarvalefuneralhome.com

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    KEITH M. CASEY

    8 Apr 2017

    I think this is the same Towle Perrin who was my best friend in the Philippines between 1936 and 1940. I looked for him on line some years ago but never could find him. If this is the same Towle, I used to spend the night with him and his family in Manila. I remember his mother well. She was a perfect Army wife and Towle and I had a firm regimen when I was at his house. I'm sorry I'm too late to talk to him and discuss our time in the Philippine Islands (as it was known then. We left on the USAT Grant in October of 1940 and my dad returned in Sept. 1941 to become MacArthur's Chief Engineer. Rest in peace, my friend.

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