Class of 1950
1950 Maroon Spotlight
Geronimo Terronez
Football 47-50, Football Co-Captain 49-50, Basketball 46-50, Baseball 47-49.
1950 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Perhaps the most outstanding athlete at Perry high this year is Geronimo Terronez, who has participated in football and basketball in all four years of his high school career, and has had three years of baseball. He served as co-captain of the Maroon grid squad in 1949-50. He has also been active in sports outside school, having played junior American Legion baseball in the summer of 1948 and was a member of the Lions team last year. He is on the roster of the Perry Oilers sandlot team this year. He was born in Perry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Terronez, and is now living at the home of his sister, Corrina Terronez, 314 Holly street. He plans to attend college if possible.
Vacilio Eugene “Geronimo” Terronez, Jr.
June 14, 1931 – January 27, 2016
Vacilio Eugene Terronez, 84, of Fort Gibson, OK, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at Claremore.
Born June 14, 1931, at Perry, OK, he was the son of Geronimo and Lupe (Aquilar) Terronez and graduated from Perry high school in 1950.
During the Korean Conflict he served his country in the U. S. Army. In 1954 he married Ruth Fields in Muskogee, OK. Prior to retirement, Vacilio was an educator and coach. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth of the home; six children, Vacilio Eugene “Gene” Terronez and wife, Pam, of Denton, TX, Bruce Anthony Terronez and wife, Rhonda, of Depew, OK, Ruth Kateri Massingill and husband, Ralph, of Aubany, Kentucky, Karen Kaye Hunt of Campboville, Kentucky, Kevin Kris Terronez of Stillwater, OK, Jon Kyle Terronez and wife, Christie, of Chandler, OK; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two brothers, John Terronez of Wichita, KS, Leonard Terronez of Oklahoma City; and sister, Pauline Bruce of Tulsa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 1, 2016, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Muskogee with Father Basil Keenan officiating. Burial will be in Fort Gibson National Cemetery. In memory of Vacilio the family requests donations to the giver’s favorite charity.