Harold Lee Peregrine, the son of Leemon Oscar and Ruth (Jeffries) Peregrine was born September 7, 1933 in Holton, Kansas. His childhood was spent on the farm while he attended country school in Westboro, Missouri and Oregon, Missouri.

On August 13, 1951 Harold was united in marriage to Dorothy Maxine Moore at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Forest City, Missouri. They made their home in St. Joseph, Missouri until 1952 when they moved to a farm in Elmo, Missouri. They later moved to Rea and Whitesville, Missouri and in 1959 back to the Tarkio and Westboro, Missouri areas, where they farmed until 1980 when Harold injured his back and was forced to retire. In 1981 they moved into Tarkio where they lived to the present time. In 1987 they began spending the winter months in Texas where they made many good friends.

Harold enjoyed his friends and many family members in the Tarkio area. He was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, the Good Sam Camping Club and the Missouri Farm Bureau. Harold passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, Missouri at the age of 73 years.

Survivors include his wife Dorothy of the home in Tarkio; three daughters, Evelyn Gardner and husband Mike, Shenandoah, Iowa, Marjorie Delfelder, Lawrence Kansas, Catherine Driskell and husband Roy, Maryville; four sons, Gerald Peregrine and wife Linda, Westboro, Michael Peregrine and wife Darla, Coin, Iowa, Dennis Peregrine and wife Sherry, Westboro, and Harold Lee Peregrine, Jr. and wife Yolanda, St. Joseph, Missouri; 12 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two brothers, Dale Peregrine and wife Vera, St. Joseph and Leemon Eugene Peregrine and wife Mae, Roseville, California; three sisters, Florence Means and husband Larry, Aurora, Colorado, Ruth Ann Miller and husband Rodney, Council Bluffs, Iowa and Barbara Braley and husband Shane, Viera, Florida.

Besides his parents, Harold was preceded in death by two sisters, Linda Burke and Louise Hamilton.

Services:  10:30 AM Saturday February 10, 2007, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Tarkio
Burial: Home Cemetery, Tarkio
Memorials: American Diabetes Association or The Alzheimers Association