Arrangements for Roland “Whitey” Schleisman age 82,of Perry have been entrusted to the Carris Family Funeral Home in Perry. His body will be donated to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City.  Memorials may be sent to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1312 3rd St, Perry, IA.  Online condolences may be sent at www.carrisfuneralhome.com

His family will hold a Memorial Mass on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Perry.  Burial of his ashes will be in the Holy Family Cemetery in Lidderdale at a later date.

Survivors include his brothers, John Schleisman of Tucson, AZ and Duane Schleisman, of Omaha, NE, a sister, Colleen Moore, of Omaha, NE and 10 neices and nephews.