Karl loved to build, fix and improve things from housefold projects to car repairs including at one point on his vintage Porsche Carrera. He loved animals and young children. He enjoyed keeping abreast of national and international politics. He treated his two children with respect and admiration. Before his diagnosis with Parkinsons’ Disease in 2010, he didn’t beleive in illness and attributed any symptoms to allergies.

Throughout their forty three year marriage his most trusted confidant was his devoted wife, Margareta Peregoy, who supported him through the progression of fifteen years of Parkinsons’s Disease. He often said that his disease taught him about the kindness of humanity because so many strangers helped him when he struggled to move.

Karl is survived by his loving wife, Margareta Peregoy, and his two children Josh Jakus, and Stephanie Jakus and his two beloved grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister Liz Miller, (nee Erzsebet Jakus)

A Memorial Service with be held at a later date in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research

or the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst, MA www.fisherhome.org

Memorial guestbook can be found at www.douglassfuneral.com