The Peru Gazette

Wendy & Bob Silverman

Note the 43-R Phone #

By John T. Ryan

Wendy Brown Silverman and her husband Bob, co-owners of Peru Hardware, are #17 in our Peru Gazette series of people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. Their business is a Peru landmark dating to 1946. You never know what you’re going to find in its vast inventory.

Wendy’s grandfather Percy Brown opened Peru Hardware in 1946. Her dad Douglas Brown began working in the store after returning from World War II military service and operated the store with his wife Helen from 1964 to 1985 when college sweethearts Wendy and Bob took over.