Manuel “Perry” Falcon Perez, 91, of KCMO passed away on January 9, 2015. Visitation will be Wednesday January 14 at Floral Hills from 5-7pm with service to follow at 7pm. Burial will be the following day at Fitzgerald Cemetery in Salisbury, MO at 1pm. He is preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Perez. He is survived by his daughters, Nancy (Miles) Joseph and Elaina (Paul) Griffiths; and 3 grandchildren, Rane, Taylor, and Ryan. He retired from the Air Force as a Captain in 1963. For the next 30 years, he was the Chief Flight Instructor at Baker’s Flying Service. Flying was his passion his entire life. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the National Airline History Museum in KCMO.