Angelyn Perry, Celebration of Life, Memorial Fund

                           Angelyn Lenice Perry   7-11-1965  to  7-23-2022

The Celebration of Life / Memorial Service will be held on Saturday August 27 from 10AM to 2PM at the First Unitarian Society Lower Assy. Hall located at 900 Mount Curve Ave, Minneapolis MN 55403. 10AM socializing, 11AM memorial service, 12 PM lunch and socializing til 2PM. This Assembly Hall is just down the street from Angelyn's apartment where she recently lived for 25 years. If the weather is good, there is also a very nice park across the street to enjoy after 2 PM, where Kent may bring their almost completed tiny house on wheels in for the inquisitive souls. Or, after 2, you may want to go to the Walker's - free - outdoor Sculpture Gardens just a block away.

Please hit the [ contact ] button, under Organizer, -Kent Thompson-, to send a message about the number of your group that will be attending, for us to have enough food to serve everyone. Thanks in advance for all your caring support.                                                                                    Angelyn Perry & Kent Thompson     

I'm Kent Thompson, Angelyn Perry's Significant Other / Life Partner, putting together a Celebration of Life / Memorial Service for Angelyn Perry.   

                                                          

                                        A brief story of Angelyn's life

 Angelyn loved to ride bike, especially around the Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, Minnesota and usually early before there were a lot of people out. She stopped riding bike due to her multiple sclerosis because she got to the point of consistently falling over when she had to stop for obstacles or traffic. Angelyn was an avid knitter since childhood and attended several knitting groups. Originally from Brownsville, Tennessee, she graduate high school there and spent one year as an exchange student in Finland. Angelyn saw herself always wanting to travel and see other countries - to the point of keeping only one photo of herself at age 8, and she carried everything she owned in her backpack. Always ready for the next place she would go to. In her twenties she traveled several times to Europe: Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Milan. She worked for some time at a Hilton in Munich Germany. Angelyn loved a diverse range of music, British Beat, Classic Rock, Disco, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggie, Concert Violin - her favorite - Sibelius Violin Concerto and finally Arabian belly dancing music to the point of taking belly dancing lessons ten years ago. She performed in one recital that she said maybe out there somewhere on Youtube. Angelyn loved dancing every Friday and Saturday at First Avenue, and every Wednesday at a place called Graffitis. She said she just drank water, and an occasional coke. Angelyn loved to talk with every person she came across, she would compliment them about what they were wearing, their hair, a tattoo, anything she thought that the person was into, because she really wanted to lift their spirits up that someone else acknowledge them being here on this earth. If the person she was talking to was from another country she would discuss the great things about that country, usually having first-hand knowledge. Angelyn was a very sweet, kind, caring person, always wanting to lift others spirits up and add value to their lives. Angelyn lived next door to the Walker in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a studio apartment for 25 years. She then moved to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, sixteen months ago with her life partner, Kent Thompson, where she died unexpectedly. Angeline's and Kent's relationship took off like a runaway freight train and ended with the same speed. On Sunday July 17th, in the late morning she experienced a large blood clot, blocking the blood to her lungs, a small stroke to the brain, poorly functioning heart, and numerous cardiac arrest. Some call it - God, others - Infinite Intelligence, and some - Wisdom of the Universe. Whatever your belief is that, - it - ,saw that Angelyn was going to need a new person in 2021, to help her with her multiple sclerosis and her over-all care, - It - ,saw this guy that was living alone for 11 years, and this guy who learned CPR thirty-five years ago, -it-, chose Angelyn to connect with Kent. So, that when Angelyn was going to have her Traumatic Medical Emergency, he would be there to start CPR on her to keep her body alive. and all this made it possible for Angelyn to donate her organs, therefore helping a few more people live longer than she was going to and add value to their lives. Angelyn's right kidney went to a 60-year-old male, her left kidney went to a 55-year-old male, and her liver to a 60-year-old female. -It-, pointed her to a YouTube video several weeks ago, and she said to Kent, "Do you want to watch that one"? The title was "Whatever Happens, Happens for Good". And that phrase began to open up a different way of looking at all things. Now, do you really know if this terrible thing that's happening to you right now, or in the past, may very well actually be for good ?

                                 Whatever Happens, Happens for Good

Please do not send cards, flowers, money, or gifts, rather just donate to this GoFundMe to help cover the cost of the event.