John Muhlenberg Deyoe ’36

John died June 9, 1998. He was 85. He graduated from Ramsey [N.J.] H.S. and attended Mount Hermon School and Blair Academy. At Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of Cloister Inn. In 1939 he graduated from Yale Law School.

During WWII, he served three years as a special agent for the FBI and was awarded its war service commendation. Thereafter he practiced law in New Jersey's Passaic and Bergen counties for some 34 years before retiring in 1980. He was considered an expert in the field of estate probate law. John was a municipal court magistrate in Mahwah, N.J. He was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Passaic Bar Associations, of the Hamilton Club of Paterson, N.J., and of the Holland Society of New York.

In 1993 he relocated from Mahwah to Black Mountain, N.C., where he enjoyed fishing, driving, walking, investing, and his grandchildren. He had lifelong interests in archaeology, astronomy, and gardening.

John was predeceased by his wife, Ruth. He is survived by a son, John Peter, daughter Barbara Ann Peevey, brother Edgar, sisters Barbara De Witt and Mrs. Ruth Barrett, and six grandchildren. John was a respected classmate and will be remembered.

The Class of 1936