Gloria J. Perkins

Visitation:  Monday, May 8th  2-4 p.m. & 7-9 p.m. at our Bayport funeral home,  683 Montauk Hwy Bayport

Funeral Mass:  Tuesday,  9;45 a.m. at Our Lady of the Snow R.C. Church, 175 Blue Point Ave. Blue Point

Interment to follow:  at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale

Gloria Perkins, 95 of Queens Village, NY, died peacefully in her sleep with her family near on Wednesday, May 3, 2017.  Born in Winston-Salem, NC, to Clemmett and Carolyn Perkins, Gloria was a child violin prodigy. She began playing the violin at age 2 and the family shortly moved to New York so that Gloria could study music. She was a student of the noted Louis Persinger whose students included Yehudi Menuhin, Ruggiero Ricci, and Isaac Stern.  Gloria performed throughout the country to rave reviews.  In 1933 she had her debut as guest soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra playing Mendelssohn Concerto.  At her New York Town Hall recital in 1936 music critics proclaimed her to be “a genius and the finest child violinist in the world”. Gloria performed throughout the East coast for years and was featured and reviewed in numerous nationally recognized newspapers and journals including the New York Times, Time Magazine, and New York Magazine.  In 1972 Gloria returned to the Town Hall stage to perform again to a full house and received radiant reviews. Creative in every right, she also was known for her work as a talented portrait artist.  

Gloria remained devoted to her music and teaching violin and piano into her early nineties.  She leaves behind three nieces, a nephew, and ten grandnieces and nephews.

Services for Gloria will be held at Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home, Bayport, NY, from 2-4pm and 7-9pm on Monday, May 8th.   A mass of Christian burial will be held at Our Lady of the Snow R.C. Church in Blue Point, NY, on Tuesday, May 9th at 9:45am. Burial to follow at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made the Our Lady of Lourdes Food pantry, 92-96 220th St. Queens Village, NY 11428.

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