Pericles "Perry" Theros

Pericles (Perry) Theros, 57, of Mitchell passed away at home May 27th, 2022, surrounded by family after a battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held Saturday June 4 at 10:00am at Dugan Kramer in Scottsbluff with dear friend Larry McKey officiating. Burial will be at Mitchell City Cemetery. Perry did not want a traditional obituary and chose to write his own. The words below are his own.

I was born April 2th, 1965, to Theodorus (Ted) and Giannoula (Joanne) Theros in Bridgeport, Nebraska and grew up working on the family farm with my father and brother, Harrison. After graduating from Bridgeport High School in 1983, I attended Chadron State College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts for business administration and a minor in Ag business in 1987. I married Mecky Gray in 1989 and welcomed daughter Morgan in 1991. I would later meet my best friend and we made our home in Mitchell where we would welcome daughter Kenna Theros and where I gained two stepsons Michael and Kyle Wells. With one heck of a party, we married November 27th, 2021. I have worked for various places in the valley but always seemed to land back in agriculture in some form or another. With each place I worked, it was the friends I made, the relationships I would gain, and the shenanigans we would cause that I remembered the most. These relationships lasted long after the job did. I was never a fan of not having something to do. I liked to stay busy and didn’t have a problem getting my hands dirty. I liked restoring tractors that I could use in tractor pulling competitions with many great friends that shared this hobby. I liked making old stuff run again. I liked making something out of nothing, as long as it was metal. I liked working in the epic gardens Andrea and I would have each year. And having my shadow in the form of our grandson “helping” with whatever I was doing. I liked to have BBQs and Holiday dinners with family and friends. Fishing with Kenna, Michael, and Kyle. Dancing with Andrea. The father/daughter dances with Kenna and teaching her to drive in the pasture. Hunting with my brother and good friends. And learning how to surf out at Lake Minatare with Sharon’s school of surfing. These are just a few of the things that consumed my thoughts as I write this and although it was not always easy, I lived a good life, and it was because of all of you that shared that life with me. Thank you all.

I leave behind wife, Andrea Theros, and daughter, Kenna Theros, of Mitchell; my parents, Ted and Joanne Theros of Bridgeport; Brother, Harrison (Sharon) Theros of Brighton, CO; Nephew, Alex Theros and Rachel Villano of Tampa Fl.; daughter, Morgan Theros of Gering; Stepsons, Michael Wells of Mitchell and Kyle Wells of Scottsbluff; grandson Wesley Wells of Mitchell; Mother-in-law, June Hesse, and brother-in-law, Robert (Michele) Hesse; and numerous friends I considered family.