YACHUM - In memory of Jack Perlman

In Memory of Jack Perlman

February 14th 1921 - January 12th 2005

Jack enjoys his first cup of cappuccino while visiting Jeff & Scott in NJ in 2003

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Below are some of the comments we received today. We all thank you and appreciate all your kind words. A great man departed the earth today and we will miss the old guy as much as you all do.

Thank you from the family of Jack Perlman

Thank you, Mr. Perlman, for the incredible kindness you showed me and my family. At Yachum & Yachum, you ordered special shoes and clothes for my wheelchair-bound, arthritic Grandfather, Jesse McElveen. You and your wife, Frances, were very supportive of the Savannah Youth Orchestra, where Jeff and I played French Horn together. And in the past few years, you always had time for my "check-in" phone calls to see how you were doing. I will miss you. Blessings and peace to Jeff, Jerry, and the entire family.
Shalom chaver,
Steve Kujawa
Houston, TX

Steve Kujawa (Houston, TX )

I worked with Jack at Georgia Fastener & Safety/Samson Ind. for almost thirteen years. I am truly saddened to hear of his passing. There are few people in life that you can say that it was an honor to have known them, but Jack was such a person. Jack built the first set of golf clubs that I ever owned. Although he was a hard worker, he was never too busy to stop and chat with a friend for a few minutes. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Derek Sego (Watkinsville, GA)

During every business trip to Samson Industrial Savannah, I couldn't leave without visiting Jack. It was a pleasure knowing Jack and I send my condolences to his family for their great loss.
Samson Industrial - Tulsa

Cindy Pippin (Tulsa, OK )

to the family and loved ones of jack, my true sorrow for your loss. i was working in the old auto center on henry and anderson st when jack came to work for sears. as with any new employee we had to train them in sears merchandise lines and methods of doing business. well, is was not to long before we were learning from jack about the art of salesmanship and customer service. i can truly say that for his entire career with sears i still learned from him each time we talked. then after his retiring from sears i would still see him at his home for appliance service and gained even more respect for him for his untiring devotion to frances after she became ill. so long jack and one other thing,i always told jack when he left us i was taking the metal detector and diging up his back yard for the coffee cans of cash. is sunday ok for the dig?--j.c.

J.C. butler (savannah, GA )

Goodbye Old friend we will meet again when I come home. I pray for your family. Carol Ragan, President of Sears Retirement Club.
Carol Ragan (Savannah, GA )

My sincere condolences to Jack's family. I knew him through Samson Ind.
He repaired my tools from work. I would just get lost in some of his storys. He was an inspiration to me in the way he would not retire, he had to keep moving. Jack I will miss you greatly.

Joe Mathews (Savannah, GA)

I GREATLY RESPECTED JACK AS A FRIEND AND A FELLOW SEARS EMPLOYEE IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. JACK ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF BRINGING JUST A TOUCH OF CHEER TO YOUR DAY. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES JACK.

FRANK DELOACH (MORGANTON, GA )

We remember....
Dad had the White House Restaurant on Montgomery and Oglethorpe.
Parris P. Mustakas

Parris & Frances (Clark) Mustakas (Atlanta, GA )

Jenny and I met Jack through my Aunt Lois. Jack was a God send to my Aunt after my Uncle died. We only regret that we did not get to know and be around Jack very long. We will miss him. He was a wonderful person.

Bob And Jenny Brannen (Massillon, OH )

We extend our deep sympathy to the Perlman family, as they mourn their loss and celebrate the life of their dear Jack. What a good and remarkable man he was!

Charles Varner (Hilton Head Island, SC )

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the CancerCare & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital in memory of Jack L. Perlman. The address for donations is 5353 Reynolds Street, Savannah, Georgia, 31405. Please send donations to the attention of Laura Haslim, Campaign Coordinator for CCRP.

Jack L. Perlman passed away January 12, 2005 at St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital after a brief illness resulting from Cancer. He was 83 years old.

Jack, a native Savannahian, was born February 14, 1921. He grew up in the Old Fort section of downtown Savannah and attended Savannah High School. As our nation faced war, Jack quit school in his senior year to join the United States Army. During WWII he went ashore with US troops at Normandy and fought his way across Europe with General Patton. As a forward observer with the artillery he fought in every major European campaign including the Battle of the Bulge. At the end of WWII he returned to Savannah to work in the family business Yachum & Yachum department store on West Board Street. He married Savannah native Frances Goldberg in 1948 and when the Korean conflict heated up he returned to active military service in 1950. He and Frances moved to Williamsburg, Virginia where he was stationed until the end of war. After he was honorably discharged from the service at the end of the conflict, he and Frances returned to Savannah where he reentered the family business until the store burned down during the riots that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968. He then joined Sears & Roebuck and worked as a department manager at both the old downtown store and at Oglethorpe Mall before retiring in 1986. Not one to sit back and relax, after retirement, Jack with the help of his lifelong friend John Jurgensen, created a commercial tool repair business as part of the services offered by Georgia Safety and Fastener that recently became part of Samson Industries, located on Bay Street. Jack built a loyal base of customers over the years and became renowned for his honesty, integrity and excellent work. As a fixture within the company, he continued to run the repair business as part of the Samson Industries family until his death.

Cherished and adored by family and friends, Jack is survived by his sons Jerry and his wife Elizabeth of Richmond Hill, Jeffrey and his partner, Scott Roehm of West Paterson, New Jersey, his companion Lois Rockwell, her daughter Jane Tyler and her children Nancy and Chris all of Savannah, and a brother, Murray Perlman and his partner, Wayne Spears, also of Savannah, one grandchild Dana Kirgan and two great-grandchildren, Briston and Trice of Charleston, SC.

Funeral services were graveside Friday, January 14^th, 2005 at Bonaventure Cemetery at 3PM. The family will sit Shiva at the Perlman family home immediately following the service.