What A Wonderful Gift!

What A Wonderful Gift!
By Michael Wall – Director of Planned Giving

   Peggy Gurney was born in Hartford, Connecticut and like so many in San Diego, she migrated to the sunshine and the promises of Southern California. A graduate of Covey College in New Hampshire, she was a professional career woman all her life. She began as an executive secretary and later began her lifetime career as a legal secretary. As a longtime employee of the firm Butler, Kaminas & Sorbo, she extended her competence and influence to the Board of Governance of Legal Secretary’s Association. Later she worked exclusively for Attorney John Sorbo and was a great friend of John and his wife, Patricia Dunklee, M.D.,who kept Peggy informed on the progress of St. Vincent’s.

   Peggy loved to travel. She was especially fond of visiting the Orient. Also, she was adept at investing in real estate and the stock market. Her motto was "buy good stuff and hold it." The strategy worked well. Even though she lived a quiet and simple life, she made a spectacular impact on Father Joe’s Villages® by leaving her entire estate to the Villages.

   In her 87 years, Peggy was a true professional who was recognized for her competence and friendliness. She now is recognized as an angel who will touch the lives of many men, women and children who are served so well by Father Joe’s Villages®. Father Joe and all the members of the Villages are grateful to Peggy for her appreciation of our work and her wonderful gift.

   Remembering Father Joe’s Villages® in your Will or Living Trust is very easy. Unfortunately only 30 percent of the people in the United States have a Will and less than 6 percent remember a charity in their Wills. Two million people die each year in the United States. If 60 percent of them had a Will and 50 percent of them made a charitable bequest in their Wills, they would accomplish great work for all men, women and children in need.

   If you wish to make a bequest to Father Joe’s Villages® or if you need additional information on Wills or Living Trusts, call: Michael Wall at 619.687.1037 or Joseph Perucca at 619.687.1319.