JANIE LOUISA PERRY, 84, died of kidney failure on Friday, May 1, 2009 at Washington Adventist Hospital. Mrs. Perry was the widow of Henry Waycaster Clayton Perry, who died in December 1986. She was also predeceased by two brothers and three sisters. Born near Gassaway, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Clen and Mary Kyer Brady. She is survived by daughter Maritta Perry Grau and husband Harold Grau, Frederick, Maryland; son David Perry and wife Nancy Perry of Yorktown, Virginia; grandchildren and their families: Ryon and Milena Grau and son Bennet of London, England; Scott and Ellen Grau and children Catherine and Adam of Frederick; and Matthew Grau of Athens, Georgia. She is survived by her sister, Edith Taylor of Winchester, Virginia; and by numerous nieces and nephews, and by great and great-great nieces and nephews. Mrs. Perry graduated from Gassaway High School in 1942 and attended Shepherd College (now Shepherd University). During World War II she worked in a Fairchild airplane factory in Akron, Ohio and continued that work for several years in Hagerstown, where she and her husband had moved in 1947. For many years she was an instructor at Hagerstown Business College, from which she retired in 1985. Mrs. Perry was a member of First Christian Church and the Sunday School class of the Christian Heirs. She held numerous offices at the church, serving as an elder, president and other offices of Christian Women�s Fellowship, and on numerous committees. She was a member of the Women�s Club of Hagerstown, where she was active on several committees, and a member of several local bridge groups. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 11:00am at First Christian Church, 1345 Potomac Ave., Hagerstown with Revs. Fred M. Harris and Robert Regenold officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Tuesday, 6:00-8:00pm at Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd and one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association or to First Christian Church.