Michael Perry

Michael Alan Perry

Michael (aka Mike, MAP, and Macgyver) born January 26th, 1956 passed after a hard fought battle with cancer at home with his wife and his loyal shadow dog Quinn on May 18th, 2026 at the age of 70.Michael is survived by his loving wife Susan of 48 years, his children Tracy Ludwig, Andrea (Robert) Kelly, and Christopher (Mary); his grandchildren Erin and Jeremy Ludwig, Emma, Olivia, and Bobby Kelly, and Eleanor Perry; sister Michele (Robert) Bean; a brother; in-laws, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his Parents Thomas F. Perry Jr and Alice (Mortier) Perry.Michael was a life long resident of Country Club Hills attending School district 160 and then Rich Central High School. He met his wife Susan working at Garofalos in town.

From a young age, Michael could be found tinkering around and taking apart various objects to find out how they worked, how it could be made better, and if broken, how it could be fixed. Forever a servant and a tinkerer, from working on his and friends cars, lawnmowers, bicycles, and everything else.Michael worked at the former Mobil gas station on 183rd and Pulaski for many years until 1990 when he began working at Monroe Truck Equipment out of Joliet, IL and also started his career at the Country Club Hills Fire Department which he served for 30 years retiring in January of 2020 at the rank of Lieutenant and Master Mr. Fix it. After leaving Monroe and the fire department, he went to work for the City of Country Club Hills Public Works and as a commissioner for the Police and Fire commission until shortly before his passing

.Always the man to share his skills, knowledge, words of wisdom or fix your whatchamacallit with duct tape, his pocket knife and the part he had "sitting in the garage" he will forever be missed by all that ever got asked by him, "WHATTAYADOIN?!"

Please join us for a celebration of life on June 14th, 2026 from 12pm-5pm at McKenzie Funeral Home in Oak Forest, Illinois. Guests are encouraged to wear outfits that would rival the weirdest of Michael, bring fun/loving stories, and share at least one Perry-ism or bit of knowledge that Michael had shared with you. A fire department walk through will commence at 4pm with line up at 3:30pm.