John Peregoy
1924 - 2021
John Peregoy, better known as Jack,
passed away on Saturday (April 24, 2021) in Newton, Kansas at the age
of 96.
Jack was born December 29, 1924 in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Jack and Kathryn Underwood Peregoy.
Jack's mother passed away when Jack was four years old. As a result,
he spent a very happy childhood with his grandparents, Bob and Mona
Peregoy in Council Bluffs. He spent a few of those years with his
father in Los Angeles.
Jack and Natalie Heine were joined in
marriage on New Year's Eve 1949 with her father, Rev. Martin Heine
officiating the ceremony. Their marriage lasted 67 happy years until
Natalie's death on November 26, 2017.
Following his graduation from Grinnell
College, Jack joined the Hormel Co., marketing smoked and fresh
meats. He opened the Des Moines and Louisville markets for Hormel
products. In 1955 he left Hormel for employment marketing with the
IBM Corp. He enjoyed selling their first computers to many large
organizations. He became the marketing program manager responsible
for IBM's support to the U.S. Army. This challenge took him to Viet
Nam in 1966 during the war.
Due to career opportunities, Jack and
Natalie had homes in many locations: Des Moines, Louisville, Ky,
Bethesda, Maryland, Denver and San Diego for 17 years of retirement.
However, they chose to return to the Midwest to be near their growing
families and moved to St. Louis and finally to Newton, Kansas. All of
these locations were filled with great friendships and happy days.
Jack was a volunteer with many
responsibilities. He was a Past President of both his Lions Club and
of a large newcomers club in Rancho Bernardo, California. He was a
Melvin Jones Fellow of Lion Club International. He served as a
Treasurer and managed the finances of several Lutheran Churches in
their many locations.
Jack and Natalie loved to travel and
visited most of the world include 50 states, a lot of Mexico, Canada
and 50 countries overseas. One of the passions they developed rather
late in life was snow skiing which they were able to do in Austria
and many places in the U.S.A.
Jack is survived by his son Spencer
Peregoy and wife Rhonda; daughter Kathryn Peregoy Beverlin and
husband Don; six grandchildren Nathan (Jaqui) Peregoy, Jessica (Joel)
McClenahan, Sarah (Andrew) Walquist, Anne (Loren) Kurtz, Matthew
(Rachel) Beverlin, and Owen (Jackie) Beverlin; and 15 great
grandchildren.
Along with his parent; grandparents;
wife of 67 years, Natalie, Jack is preceded in death by a great
granddaughter Cora McClenahan.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00
A.M., Saturday (May 1, 2021) at the Zion Lutheran Church in Newton
followed by inurnment of both Jack and Natalie in the Pleasant View
Cemetery near Elbing, Kansas.
A memorial has been established with
CASA (a voice for children) and Berean Academy, contributions may be
sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton,
Kansas 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonailfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton, Kansas.
