11 August 1954 – 22 April 2025
11 August 1954 – 22 April 2025
On 22 April 2025, passed away peacefully at home, aged 70 years. Dearly loved Husband of Syamala. Loved Father and Father-in-law of Rini, Abhishek, Rani, Cyril and Loree. Much loved Grandfather to James, Hannah, Kyra, Zariah and Lylah. Loved Brother and Brother-in-law to Vatsala, Christopher and Monica, Johnny and Sirisha, Sujatha and Peter.
A service will be held at Grange Manor, Davis Funerals, 400 Dominion Road, Mt Eden on Monday 28 April 2025, at 11.30am followed by a private burial. In lieu of flowers, donations to New Zealand Heart foundation can be made through the link below and would be appreciated
"Surely Your goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" Psalm 23:6
Funeral service held at Davis Funeral Home Central Auckland
We miss you Victor, Rest in peace, I used to watch you playing hockey in Police Parade Grounds, Guntur and I am Junior to you in Andhra Christian College, Guntur. I remember your smiling face 👍🙏🎉🎉
Dear the Chegudi Family, I would like to express my deepest thoughts and condolences at this difficult time of John's passing. I worked with John at Bunnings Warehouse in the toolshop department. Whilst working with John, we had lots of great memories and laughs together. John was always willing to help anyone and was very pleasant to be around. He made my days at work fun and always had a story to share with the team. John was always joyful and tried to look at the brighter side of things no matter what. John also had a great saying of " Get lost! " which in simple terms was his way of joking around with the team if we frustrated him! He gave me some great life advice, and I have great respect for him. John, your journey on earth may have ended, but I know your spirit will always be with us, and I will miss you very much. Rip John Chegudi 🙏 22.04.25 Your friend Niko
We give our love to the family at this difficult time, John was such a kind and generous man with a great sense of humour, he always had a twinkle in his eye and was always friendly. He will be missed but left such an amazing legacy with his faith, his hard work ethic, his marriage and with his family
My heart goes out to you all for the loss of Victor Uncle. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. Rani as u said... every time I see the Ten Commandments/ Benhur movie, all I remember is, at that time in late 90s, it is that I first get to know about these films is from you i.e. through Victor Uncle and many little memories like yellow sheets that Uncle gets to us... that we used as covers for all the school books, the time we used to play in your house, vusiri kayalu.... west parish church, sunday school... all those lovely days... those were the best days in my life, and I always keep remembering and cherishing them. We were very afraid of Victor Uncles' strictness in those days .... but now reaping the fruits of such discipline. Victor Uncle and Syamala miss, thank you so much for giving me such a bestie... Rani Prathyusha since my KG days .... Syamala miss, Rani, Rini Akka and Cyril, I am sharing in your sadness as you remember your loved one. Alekhya John (from Guntur)
Our Hatfield condolence to family this loss is irreplaceable but as per Gods will everybody has given certain time to serve in this world then we have to go back to him living with the hope we will see him one day in heavenly world.
Victor and myself studied together from 6th standard in LMP School and subsequently Intermediate and BSc in AC College. We used to walk through Police quarters on our way to and fro during that period. Victor used to be very friendly and helpful in every situation. He was a devoted Christian and d playing piano/organ in both St. Mathews and St. John churches. I had the opportunity to meet Victor later in Hyderabad as he underwent Airconditioning & Refrigeration course near Charminar and subsequently worked as an Instructor in the same institute. Shyam Prasad and myself were roommates in Red Hills and we used to meet Victor often and spending weekends either in RH or in Charminar in Victor’s room. Victor used to treat us with delicious biriyani near Charminar. Shyam and myself had a divine favour that we could talk to Victor on Easter Sunday afternoon and share the past memories and current journey of life. It was very hard to believe the news from Christopher about Victor and he is missed very much. The only consolation is that he is in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and we meet him again in Resurrection! My sincere prayers are with his wife Syamala and family for comfort, peace and strength during this difficult time. Robert (a close friend from UK) April 2025
We were classmates from Intermediate in AC College, Guntur. Our friendship continued till now. Robert from London visited me last week and we had a good talk with Victor on his Easter Sunday afternoon. Monday we got a message about his sudden demise. We couldn’t believe how that could happen. He didn’t complain anything about his health that day. It is very very sad to loose a good friend but we know that nothing is in our hands. He served God for many years with his music in the Church. May God bless him with rest and peace.
Very sad to know about Home calling. Grew up together in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh , India. During his days in Guntur, he dedicated himself in Lord’s service, playing Piano/ keyboard during Telugu/ English services at St.Matthew’s west parish , Guntur. He was well respected and loved by many in Guntur. I pray to the Lord to comfort his family and extended family. Victor we miss you.
My dear Victor anna, you were a model to many of kannavarithota nagarampalam church youth . I cherish the moments I and my parents spent with you and Johnny anna and Vatsala akka. May God comfort the bereaved family. Hope you would be playing piano even in heaven too praising Holy Lord. ....Deva Sundar, s/o laye. Noble devadanam and rajyalakshmi,
We grew up together...such a wonderful...unforgettable moments....Your Mom, (My sister Lilakka) was waiting with a cane at 00:030 hrs when we climbed the walls of your house to watch a late night movie...And the numerous times we jumped into the well in your back yard with Johnny, your youngest brother here in Hyderabad. Your other brother, Christopher was scared shit to swim You were an epitome of a most generous, affable gentle person. But then we were all shit scared of you. Victor, we surely miss you..you are in our hearts & minds forever.....though we lost touch decades ago.
Rest in Peace Victor 🙏. You are a kind and compassionate Man . We had a meal with your family in Auckland, many years ago . From Elias n Hemms

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