Thursday, May 19, 2022
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Patricia Perry-Hinterberger was my father's 'baby sister,' and to me, she was just "Aunt Pat." Though my cousin's "the Hinterberger's" moved from Buffalo to Clifton Park when I was quite young, I have a lot of memories of my Aunt Pat, Uncle Joe and their kids, the Hinterberger cousins. Then and now they are a fun, talented and diverse group. I am enjoying getting to know them again. "Aunt Pat" was a fun and caring person with natural abilities direct and entertain us kids, putting us at ease through her quick-wit, a ton of jokes, one-liners, her facial contortions and the ways she entertained us and make us laugh! Pat possessed enormous talent-- like each of her kids-- my cousins who are each/all highly accomplished, each in their own way. Aunt Pat had a bigger than life personality that could fill a room (or a church) with song and/or laughter, characteristics that seem genetically imprinted among the Perry Clan: a keen sense of humor, an enormous heart, a strong faith and an intergenerational type of family pride that will never be extinguished. Due Aunt Pat's recent passing, some of us Perry cousins, us (adult) 'kids' have opportunities to reconnect that may not have occurred otherwise, and through doing so, some of us are paying tribute to the elders, our grandparents, Edward Aloysius Perry and Mary "Mae" McMahon-Perry, and their eleven kids, including my Dad, his ten sibs, all but two of whom have predeceased her; our dear Aunt Pat.... our beautiful Aunt Pat. Patricia Perry-Hinterberger. May we all be blessed! Marc Perry Santa Fe, NM
