Joseph "Goob" Edward Perry

Joseph E. "Goob" Perry, 46, of Frankfort, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas, after battling colon cancer for the last 6 years. A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 2, at the Cigna Center in Frankfort. Friends gave tributes. Mindi Kohake-Caskey presented pictures. Amy Jacques sang “Amazing Grace”. The pallbearers were Joe Lauer, Jake Stowell, Tom Caffrey, Jim Swanson, Tommy Adams and Mike Kennedy. Burial was in Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Frankfort. Goob was born on January 12, 1965 in Frankfort, the son of Albert and Madeline Hazlett Perry. He graduated from Frankfort High School. He owned and operated Goob's Bar in Frankfort for 26 years. Goob very much enjoyed fishing and hunting. He hunted elk in Colorado, long-horn sheep in Tennessee, gators in Florida, bears in Montana and Minnesota, and he loved traveling to Florida and Minnesota. He was also a loyal and avid Kansas Jayhawk fan. Survivors include two sisters, Debbie (Alan) Schreiner, Frankfort, and Cindy (Ed) Kohake, Silver Lake; and brother, Mick (Angie) Perry, Manhattan and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorials will be designated later and can be sent in care of Padden Funeral Chapel in Frankfort. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joseph "Goob" Edward Perry, please visit our flower store.