Charles Berglund Perrine of Shrewsbury passed away Dec. 20, 2024, surrounded by his loving family, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.
Charlie was born and raised in Fair Haven and was a resident of Shrewsbury Borough for the past four years. He graduated from Christian Brothers Academy, Class of 1998, received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an M.B.A. in finance from Rutgers Business School.
Charlie was a vice president in the Enterprise Risk Management Department at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH). He was head of Operational Risk coverage for the firm’s Investment Management division. Prior to BBH, he worked in risk consulting at KPMG in the Financial Services Risk, Regulatory, and Compliance Advisory practice. Charlie began his career in financial services at ICAP, where he spent a decade on the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) desk, brokering cash and synthetic CMBS.
Charlie was an accomplished golfer whose love of the game was a lifelong passion. He enjoyed reading U.S. history, presidential biographies and the Wall Street Journal. He also enjoyed following and discussing politics, being active outdoors, working in his yard and building and maintaining lifelong friendships. Most importantly, he loved spending time with his wife, Victoria, and two boys, Bobby and JP, especially golfing together at Rumson Country Club (RCC) where he was a member. He enjoyed RCC Riverhouse dinners, going on road trips and weekend morning hikes at Monmouth County parks. Charlie was a parishioner of St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church, Rumson.
Charlie was predeceased by his first wife, Vanessa (Picciotto) Perrine and son Charlie, and by his father, Charles R. Perrine, M.D. He is survived by his wife of six years, Victoria P. Perrine; two beautiful sons, Robert Charles Perrine (Bobby) and John Paul Perrine (JP); his mother, Etel B. Perrine of Fair Haven; his brother John S. Perrine and sister-in-law Maryellen Perrine of Middletown; his brother Edward R. Perrine and sister-in-law Kristine Perrine, Esq. of Colts Neck; brother-in-law Anthony Gro and sister-in-law Alexandra Gro of Gillbertsville, Pennsylvania; in-laws Gerald and Adele Picone of Center Valley, Pennsylvania; and nieces and nephews Emma, Ben, Jack and Henry Perrine, and Adrianna and Dominic Gro.
Visitation was held Dec. 27, 2024, at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. A funeral service was held Dec. 28 at St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church, Rumson. Burial followed at Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for esophageal cancer research.
The article originally appeared in the January 16 – 22, 2025 print edition of The Two River Times.
