Submitted by: Dan Rich
Gertrude I. Peregrin
March 11, 1922 - Feb. 28, 1999
Gertrude I. Peregrin, 76, of LaPorte
Avenue, South Bend, Ind., died on Sunday, Feb. 28, in Memorial
Hospital, South Bend. She was a retired executive secretary for
Union Carbide, Chicago, Ill. Born on March 11, 1922, in Chicago,
she had lived in South Bend since July 1998, coming from
Naperville, Ill. On July 19, 1952, in St. Michael's Catholic
Church, Chicago, she married Joseph M. Peregrin, who preceded her
in death. She is survived by a daughter, Lisa J. (John) Kovach
of South Bend; three granddaughters, Emily, Marina and Irina
Kovach, all at home; a sister, Loretta Balcerzak of
Chicago; and by a brother, Al Lulinski of Chicago.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Naperville, Ill., where friends may call one hour prior to services in the church. Burial will follow at Assumption Cemetery, Wheaton, Ill. Additional visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson, South Bend, where a wake service will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the funeral home, officiated by Rev. William Sullivan, pastor of St. Monica's Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to St. Monica's Catholic Church, 214 W. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, IN 46545; or to the Mental Health Association of St. Joseph County, 211 W. Madison, South Bend, IN 46601.