Frank "Bud" Peery

Frank grew up in north Texas where he went to public school and graduated from Kimball High School, Oak Cliff, Texas, 1965.

After high school he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp where he served from August 1965-August 1969. His service included two tours of duty in Vietnam 1966-1967.

When he completed his military duty he joined the sales staff at Dreyfuss & Son Clothing Store in Dallas, Texas in 1969. He also worked doing deliveries for Kings Drug Store in Lewisville, Texas, 1969-1971, and then was employed with the warehouse of Houghton Mifflin Book Company in 1971.

Frank then began his long-term employment with Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Distribution Center in 1974 in Addison, Texas, and then relocated to Manufacturing with Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987-2003. He then retired after many years with Lilly.

He enjoyed hobbies of collecting sports cards and memorabilia.

Frank is preceded in death by his parents, Francis Willard "Frenchy" and Mary Jane Estes Peery, sister, Margaret Dianne Peery; and birth-mother Edna Ruth Montoya. Frank was adopted as an infant and he expressed the utmost gratitude to his birth family for placing him with adoptive parents who loved him unconditionally.

Frank is survived by his daughter, Jamie Lynn (Larry) Phillips of Mooresville, Indiana; grandchildren, Hunter Swift, Mya Swift, Addison Phillips, Tasha Robinson, Anita Phillips, and Austin Phillips; sister, Carol (John) Carter of Highland Village, Texas; niece, Jill (Eric) Welke; nephew, Vance (Rosa) Carter; great nieces and nephews, Abby Welke, Jay (Angelina) Welke, and Manny Carter; six great-grandchildren; and former wife, Betty Peery of Greenwood, Indiana.

He is also survived by half-sisters, Brenda West of Ft. Worth, Texas, Pam Apricio of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Michelle Montoya Jaramillo of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and half-brothers, Buddy Smith of Moorpark, California and Danny Stingley of Ft. Worth, Texas.

Frank was privileged to participate in Indy Honor Flight 37 to Washington D.C. on October 15, 2022. He visited the Vietnam Memorial along with other highlights of the one day trip.

I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind….And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” —Revelation 21:3,4

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