My wife and I came to know him somewhat, and we miss him still. In my experience with him, he was unassuming, humble, good-humored, and unfailingly kind. So I was happy to see this little retrospective item in the Deseret News:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655171/Remembering-Elder-L-Tom-Perry-1-year-after-his-death.html