At the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre, four months shy of his 102nd birthday, on June 11, 2018, Rev. Arthur Perry died as he had lived, with grace and dignity. His spirit will live on in his children, Don (Evelyn), Marie McElrae (the late Jack), Carol Rose Kudelka (the late John) and Ralph (the late Joyce), his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his first wife Laurine (2007) and daughter Lucinda (1987). His memory will forever remain in the heart of his wife, Linda Perry. Rev. Perry was a minister in the Free Methodist Church of Canada from 1945-1980 at several churches including Campbell’s Bay, Uxbridge, Cole Lake, Parham, Mississippi, Harrowsmith, Orillia and Marmora before he retired, however, he never stopped sharing encouraging sermons whenever he got a chance. Arthur’s curious and creative mind kept him engaged up until his final day. He was richly blessed with many creative talents, in the arts: drawing, painting, carving, making violins, mandolins and other instruments. He could always find a use for discarded items – always the inventor, creating either from scratch, recycling, reusing and repurposing, long before it became fashionable. A broken-down washing machine became an outboard motor for a homemade runabout, which invariably left him stranded in the middle of some lake, this never discouraged him. His book of memoirs said it all, ‘What A Wonderful Life!’