John W. Perme, 75, died Sunday in a Las Vegas hospital.

He was born Nov. 13, 1926, in Leadville, Colo. An Army veteran, he was a retired civil engineer in construction, a 15-year resident of Las Vegas and a charter member of the California Zeta Beta Branch of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.

He is survived by his daughter, Catherine Cook of Langley, British Columbia; two stepchildren; sisters, Josephine Foster and Pauline Phillips, both of Las Vegas, and Rose Schultz of California; and six grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Palm Mortuary-Cheyenne. The family requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.