After a short but hard fought battle, Perry passed on Saturday night June 26, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital renal dialysis unit. He is survived by his wife Sue and "Fur kids " Tsantali and D'artagnan, his parents Neil and Geri Cosgrove, brother Rick and wife Ildiko and nephews Alec and Avery; his best and closest friend for over 30 years Randy Young and wife Fiona; his mother and father-in-law Joan and Wilf Gammie; brother-in-law Bruce Gammie and Jennifer Abbey; grandmother Mary Lee, aunt Edie and uncle Larry Dixon, cousins Tara and Wendy; Sue's "sister " Shawna Jones and Ronald Bore and other aunts, uncles and cousins. Perry was madly and creatively passionate about his business "Buckets & Benches Auto Interiors " and made many wonderful friends through the hot rod community.
Perry had a lifelong love affair with cars in fact, his first word was "car ", before ever he said "mama or dada " We will always remember him for his silly black crazy sense of humour, his creativity, his love of music most particularly his absolute favourite band of all time Rush, and his appreciation of his family and friends that he sometimes had a hard time showing but always felt most deeply.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Perry's honour to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Kidney Foundation would be gratefully appreciated. Private family cremation to be held. A Rod Run and a celebration of Perry's life will be announced for later dates.