Dr. Albert Perrelli was born to Francesco and Mary Perrelli in 1930 in Cosenza, Italy. The family immigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island and settled in Baltimore when Albert was only 6 months old. Son of a toolmaker and entrepreneur, Albert grew up in a working class, Italian community in Dundalk, alongside his sister Rina and brother Robert. They assimilated quickly, learning English and taking on a variety of odd jobs to help support the family.

At Loyola high school and college, Albert played football and was active in starting up a local Catholic Alumni Club. He completed his studies at Loyola College in 3 years, and went on to earn a degree in dentistry from the University of Maryland. After graduating, he enlisted and served in the army from Sept. 1948-Sept. 1951. He was posted to Europe and worked as a dentist reaching the level of Corporal. The army planned to send him to serve in Korea, but family duties intervened and he returned home to support his family after his father passed away. He lived in Dundalk and established a dental practice. He continued as a dentist for nearly 50 years serving local residents, many worked at Bethlehem Steel Mill.

In 1965, Albert married Harriet Baumiller of Towson, Maryland. They raised five children. Their happy marriage lasted 45 years, and Albert celebrated his 80th birthday this year surrounded by loving family and friends.

Albert is beloved and remembered by those who knew him as a hard working, loving, adventurous, straight talking man with a great sense of humor. In addition to his successful career and strong family life, he enjoyed vacations at Ocean City and devoted himself to charity. He became active with the Mission of Mercy in Westminster, PA. Along with a team of doctors who offered free medical care, Albert provided free dental care, to the uninsured, mostly working poor communities through a mobile medical van. In 2005, Albert and Harriet traveled together to the Dominican Republic to offer free dental services to poor communities. They traveled to a rustic community, transformed a living room of a home to a temporary dental clinic and served patients, improvising when tools, materials, and equipment were limited. Through the use of a translator, he trained local dentists about procedures and techniques. He additionally helped distribute food to the needy by picking up food donations and delivering it to a soup kitchen where Harriet volunteered feeding the hungry.

Albert went into GBMC late on Father's day when suffering complications from schlerderma and passed away on June 29th, Harriet's birthday. He is survived by his brother, sister, five children and their families including 4 grandchildren.