Perry

Ivan Benjamin (Ben) Perry, 74, passed away on Christmas day, Dec. 25, 2024. He was born in Houston on Aug. 11, 1950, to Ivan Walton Perry, of La Grange and Josephine Follett Perry, of Providence, R.I. He worked for Global Surveyors in Houston and Tri-Tech Engineers in Bellaire. He married Catherine Taylor Bambas in 1976. They later relocated to the Perry family ranch in La Grange where he opened a carpentry shop on the property. An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Perry enjoyed a lifetime of hunting deer, dove, quail, and squirrel along with rock climbing, scuba diving, spear fishing and shrimping in the Gulf with family.

Mr. Perry was preceded in death by his parents, Ivan Walton and Josephine Perry.

Surviving are his children, Benjamin Taylor Perry and wife Lauren of Houston, Ivan Taylor Perry and wife Anne of Laramie, Wyo.; stepdaughter, Dr. Lexi Nolen and husband Eric, of Boulder, Colo.; along three grandsons, Jackson, Landon, and Luke Perry of Houston. He also leaves behind a sister, Susan Perry Benson and her husband Dan Benson, of Benson, N.C. and nephew, Kerry Spitzer of Boulder, Colo. Cousins include Pam Perry of Houston, Gordon Perry of Buffalo, Texas, Lauran English of Spring and Penni Dauwalder of Claremont, Calif., Mark Roberts of Portland, Ore., Warren Follett of Charleston, S.C., along with cousins Sally Follett Gullion and Andy Follett of Colchester, Vt., Nancy Hammond of Huntington, Vt., Peter Follett of Papaikou, Hawaii, and Bill Follett of Wilton, Conn.

A service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Fayette Memorial Funeral Home, 967 E. Colorado St., La Grange.

Flowers are welcomed or donations may be made in his name to the Sierra Club or the World Wildlife Fund.

Please visit www.fayette-memorialfuneralhome. com to share memories and leave your condolences for the family.

Services are under the care and direction of Fayette Memorial Funeral Home of La Grange.