BOMBER MEMORIAL

DIANNE MARY NOWAKOWSKI PERRY ~ Class of 1961
September 19, 1943 - June 24, 1994



Dianne Nowakowski Perry, 50, of Helena, MT died June 24, 1994, at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena from complications of MS.

She was born September 19, 1943, in Manitowoc, WI to Ragner and Mary (Pritchard) Nowakowski.

Dianne attended Carmichael Junior High School and graduated from Richland's Columbia High School in 1961.

She married Jim Adrian ('61) in November 1963. The marriage ended in a divorce.

Dianne married Bruce Eugene Perry ('59) on May 16, 1969.

She moved to Anaconda in 1971 and to Helena in 1973. She helped to build Kim's Marina on Canyon Ferry Lake.

Dianne was a born again Christian and very active in her church, The Fortess of Joy. She also was active in patient rights while staying at the Cooney Convalescent Home.

She was very involved in sports, enjoying skydiving and skiing. Her passion was horses, and she loved horseback riding.

Surviving her are her parents, Ragner "Rags" and Mary Nowakowski; her son, B. Jay Perry; and three sisters: Jean Nowakowski Moorman ('64), Renee` Nowakowski Olson ('66) and Marya Nowakowski ('70); along with several nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her daughter, Kimberly Joan Perry.

Memorial services were held June 27, 1994, at the Retz Funeral Home in Helena.

Published in the Tri-City Herald on June 27, 1994; and in the Independent Record in Helena, MT on June 25, 1994.

Bomber Memorial put together by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66).