Perry Historical Society

BILLY ROBACK - President

Billy Roback was born and raised here in Shiawassee County and is a member of the Perry High School class of 1975. He lived in New Mexico and traveled throughout the American West for 37 years, before returning to Michigan in 2018. He and his wife, Monica, enjoy old homes, historical places, automobiles old or new, cooking, and dogs.

TERESA SCHANSKI - Vice-President

Teresa Schanski has resided in Perry or Perry Township for 58 years. She is a retired elementary school teacher and a published Michigan author. Teresa and her husband, David Schanski, both graduated from Perry High School (1967) and raised up four sons: Blake, Tate, Drew, and Shane, also PHS graduates.

Teresa has always been an active member of her community and takes pride in the history of Shiawassee County and especially the Perry area. Her family tree is closely connected to Perry. Her great-great grandmother Martha Beardslee, was the wife of Charles Dean. Her great-grandparents John and Hattie Sanborn Dean (an 1898 graduate of PHS) operated a boarding house on East Orchard Street in Perry in the early to mid 1900s, at the site where Teresa's mother, Audrey Cole Elsesser, now resides. Teresa’s grandmother, Blanche Dean Jackson, worked at the Perry Mitten Factory and graduated from Perry High School in 1922. Teresa's great-great grandfather Charles Sandborn and his brother Ed built many of the stately homes in Perry around the turn of the century. Charles Sandborn served in the Civil War, Company H, 10th Michigan Cavalry

Nancy griffith parrish - treasurer & secretary

Read more about Nancy on our Founders page.