Jane F. (Guzik) Perkins

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Jane F. (Guzik) Perkins, age 83, of Pettaconsett Avenue, Warwick, died on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Kent County Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Guy E. Perkins.

Born in Holyoke, MA, the daughter of the late Francisze M. and Katarzyna (Mruczek) Guzik, she lived in Warwick since 1961. Mrs. Perkins was employed as a bookkeeper at T.W. Rounds in Warwick before retiring in 2007. She bred and judged show cats, and was a member of the Cat Fanciers Federation. She was a longtime parishioner at St. William Church in Warwick.

She is survived by four sons: Guy E. Perkins, Jr., Richard C. Perkins and his wife Karen, Mark F. Perkins, and Carl M. Perkins and his wife Lu-Ann, and a daughter, Katherine M. Perkins, all of Warwick; four grandchildren, Valerie I. Perkins, Zachary E. Perkins, Alan E. Reilly and Jon S. Mueller; and two great-grandchildren, Logan and Laila. She was the sister of the late Eugene J. Guzik.

Her funeral was held on Monday, September 18, from the Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Avenue, Spring Green, Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Timothy Church, 1799 Warwick Avenue, Warwick. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Greenwich.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Massachusetts Feline Intervention Alliance, P.O. Box 3415, Attleboro, MA 02703, or the Providence Animal Rescue League, 34 Elbow Street, Providence, RI 02903. www.barrettandcotter.com