Henry Pfeifer

HENRY PFEIFER
HENRY PFEIFER, 84, DIED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007 IN FT. MYERS, FLORIDA OF NATURAL CAUSES. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 24, 1923 TO THE LATE JACOB AND AUGUSTA PFEIFER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, BERNECE; DAUGHTER, SANDRA (PFEIFER) ROSER AND HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, OF UNIONTOWN, OHIO; SON, DANIEL PFEIFER AND HIS WIFE, LYNN, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA; NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II U.S. NAVY VETERAN SERVING IN THE PHILLIPIANS ON BOTH A SUBMARINE (SEA DEVIL) AND A DESTROYER ESCORT (USS DONEFF). IN MAY 1944 HE MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART. HE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS WORKING LIFE RAISING HIS FAMILY IN AKRON, OHIO. HE AND HIS WIFE SPENT THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS IN FT. MYERS, FLORIDA. WHILE IN AKRON HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CUYAHOGA FALLS MASONIC TEMPLE AND THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE NAVY DESTROYER ESCORT ASSOCIATION. HE LOVED HIS GOD, HIS WIFE, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS AND HIS COUNTRY. WHILE HE WILL BE MISSED IN DEATH, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED IN LIFE FOR THE LOVE HE ALWAYS SHOWED OTHERS. CALLING HOURS WILL BE WEDNESDAY, 4-9 P.M. AT NEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME, 131 N. CANTON RD., AKRON, WHERE A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 11 A.M. INTERMENT AT HILLSIDE MEMORIAL PARK. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOPE HOSPICE OF CAPE CORAL, 2430 DIPLOMAT PKWY., CAPE CORAL, FL 33909.
NEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME, 330-784-3334.