Sandy resident, Cledus Alden Perkins was born on November 4, 1930 in Yuma, Colorado to William and Mildred Perkins. He passed away on October 21, 2017 in Gresham at the age of 86. Cledus was raised in Silverton, Oregon where he attended Victor Point Grade School, Evergreen Grade School and Silverton High School. Cledus married his wife, Shirley, of 59 years in Silverton on July 25, 1958.
Cledus worked for the Oregon State Department of Transportation for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He also worked at Government Camp before retiring in Mitchell, Oregon.
Cledus had a passion for genealogy. He enjoyed arts and crafts, camping and gardening. Cledus belonged to the Boy Scouts of America, National Guard, and Future Farmers of America.
He is survived by his wife Shirley Perkins of Sandy, daughter Laura Bair and son in law Tom Bair Jr. of Rhododendron, sister Joyce Cates of Silverton, and brother Vern Perkins of Tigard.
Cledus’ wife Shirley writes:
“As a couple, we enjoyed taking our motor home and going south in the winter to California and Arizona and visiting different history sites and a lot of ghost towns. We also went to antique and classes car shows in our travels in Oregon. We enjoyed rock hounding in Central and Eastern Oregon.”
His daughter Laura writes:
“I watched my dad spend hours designing and creating elaborate wind spinners. He loved bright colors and things that light up. My dad decorated everything; his hats, his wind spinners, even his cane. It gave him pleasure to make something uniquely his. He loved to drive. Dad never went down a road he didn’t like. He always had a curiosity about where it went. He enjoyed going for a drive simply for the joy of being on the road.”