The following obituary appeared in "The Punxsutawney Spirit" (Punxsutawney, PA) on Sunday, May 9, 2021:
Avanell "Abby" Janette (Clouser) Pifer, 92, of Big Run/Henderson Township, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 7, 2021, in her son Max Jr.'s home after a long battle with lung cancer.
She was born on Nov. 23, 1928, in DuBois, a daughter of the late Floyd Jackson Clouser and Julia Oledia (Hollopeter) Clouser. She was a graduate of the DuBois High School Class of 1946.
On Sept. 20, 1946, Abby married Max E. Pifer Sr.; together, they enjoyed 66 years of marriage.
She was a member of the Paradise Community United Church of Christ. She was also a 60-year member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked at Cameron Mfg. Co., Rola Jensen and as a nurse's aide at DuBois Hospital.
Abby loved her farm animals and pets. She enjoyed the simple things in life. She loved to garden and can and share its harvest. One of her greatest joys was to cook for her husband and "my three sons." She enjoyed quilting and sharing her many talents.
Abby was the matriarch and last surviving member of her generation of the Pifer and Clouser families. She was beloved and will be missed by all the many nieces and nephews, especially her niece, Connie Daugherty, who called her daily to talk and ask her advice.
She is survived by two sons, Max E. (Debbie) Pifer, Jr., Henderson Township, and Carl D. Pifer, Big Run. Son Bernard D. Pifer preceded her in death.
She is survived by five grandchildren, Ryan Pifer, Queens borough of New York City; Dustin Pifer, King George, Virginia; and Sunni Jean (Heath) Reddinger, Destiny Pifer, and Adam Pifer, all of Punxsutawney.
She treasured her time spent with her three great-grandchildren, Gavin Pifer, Easton Reddinger and Dartanyan Pifer.
Avanell was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Max; her son, Bernard; four brothers: Sylvester, Theodore J. (Lawrence), Charles and James; six sisters, Vera Landis Gearhart, Essie Mae Rath, Ada Madeline Updyke, Glendora Annabell Updyke, Arveda Laukitus Logan and Imogene Hand Ball.
Friends will be received at Paradise United Church of Christ on Monday, May 10, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held prior to visitation at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the church. A funeral service will be held at the church at 1 p.m. co-officiated by Pastors Mary Ellen Hoffman and Barry Fillman.
Arrangements are under the direction of Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Big Run. Interment will be in the Paradise Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Henderson Township Community Building, c/o Jane Pifer, 655 Rock Dump Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store.
Avanell "Abby" Janette (Clouser) Pifer, 92, of Big Run/Henderson Township, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 7, 2021, in her son Max Jr.'s home after a long battle with lung cancer.
She was born on Nov. 23, 1928, in DuBois, a daughter of the late Floyd Jackson Clouser and Julia Oledia (Hollopeter) Clouser. She was a graduate of the DuBois High School Class of 1946.
On Sept. 20, 1946, Abby married Max E. Pifer Sr.; together, they enjoyed 66 years of marriage.
She was a member of the Paradise Community United Church of Christ. She was also a 60-year member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked at Cameron Mfg. Co., Rola Jensen and as a nurse's aide at DuBois Hospital.
Abby loved her farm animals and pets. She enjoyed the simple things in life. She loved to garden and can and share its harvest. One of her greatest joys was to cook for her husband and "my three sons." She enjoyed quilting and sharing her many talents.
Abby was the matriarch and last surviving member of her generation of the Pifer and Clouser families. She was beloved and will be missed by all the many nieces and nephews, especially her niece, Connie Daugherty, who called her daily to talk and ask her advice.
She is survived by two sons, Max E. (Debbie) Pifer, Jr., Henderson Township, and Carl D. Pifer, Big Run. Son Bernard D. Pifer preceded her in death.
She is survived by five grandchildren, Ryan Pifer, Queens borough of New York City; Dustin Pifer, King George, Virginia; and Sunni Jean (Heath) Reddinger, Destiny Pifer, and Adam Pifer, all of Punxsutawney.
She treasured her time spent with her three great-grandchildren, Gavin Pifer, Easton Reddinger and Dartanyan Pifer.
Avanell was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Max; her son, Bernard; four brothers: Sylvester, Theodore J. (Lawrence), Charles and James; six sisters, Vera Landis Gearhart, Essie Mae Rath, Ada Madeline Updyke, Glendora Annabell Updyke, Arveda Laukitus Logan and Imogene Hand Ball.
Friends will be received at Paradise United Church of Christ on Monday, May 10, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held prior to visitation at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the church. A funeral service will be held at the church at 1 p.m. co-officiated by Pastors Mary Ellen Hoffman and Barry Fillman.
Arrangements are under the direction of Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Big Run. Interment will be in the Paradise Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Henderson Township Community Building, c/o Jane Pifer, 655 Rock Dump Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store.
The following obituary appeared in "The Punxsutawney Spirit" (Punxsutawney, PA) on Sunday, May 9, 2021:
Avanell "Abby" Janette (Clouser) Pifer, 92, of Big Run/Henderson Township, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 7, 2021, in her son Max Jr.'s home after a long battle with lung cancer.
She was born on Nov. 23, 1928, in DuBois, a daughter of the late Floyd Jackson Clouser and Julia Oledia (Hollopeter) Clouser. She was a graduate of the DuBois High School Class of 1946.
On Sept. 20, 1946, Abby married Max E. Pifer Sr.; together, they enjoyed 66 years of marriage.
She was a member of the Paradise Community United Church of Christ. She was also a 60-year member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked at Cameron Mfg. Co., Rola Jensen and as a nurse's aide at DuBois Hospital.
Abby loved her farm animals and pets. She enjoyed the simple things in life. She loved to garden and can and share its harvest. One of her greatest joys was to cook for her husband and "my three sons." She enjoyed quilting and sharing her many talents.
Abby was the matriarch and last surviving member of her generation of the Pifer and Clouser families. She was beloved and will be missed by all the many nieces and nephews, especially her niece, Connie Daugherty, who called her daily to talk and ask her advice.
She is survived by two sons, Max E. (Debbie) Pifer, Jr., Henderson Township, and Carl D. Pifer, Big Run. Son Bernard D. Pifer preceded her in death.
She is survived by five grandchildren, Ryan Pifer, Queens borough of New York City; Dustin Pifer, King George, Virginia; and Sunni Jean (Heath) Reddinger, Destiny Pifer, and Adam Pifer, all of Punxsutawney.
She treasured her time spent with her three great-grandchildren, Gavin Pifer, Easton Reddinger and Dartanyan Pifer.
Avanell was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Max; her son, Bernard; four brothers: Sylvester, Theodore J. (Lawrence), Charles and James; six sisters, Vera Landis Gearhart, Essie Mae Rath, Ada Madeline Updyke, Glendora Annabell Updyke, Arveda Laukitus Logan and Imogene Hand Ball.
Friends will be received at Paradise United Church of Christ on Monday, May 10, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held prior to visitation at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the church. A funeral service will be held at the church at 1 p.m. co-officiated by Pastors Mary Ellen Hoffman and Barry Fillman.
Arrangements are under the direction of Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Big Run. Interment will be in the Paradise Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Henderson Township Community Building, c/o Jane Pifer, 655 Rock Dump Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store.
Avanell "Abby" Janette (Clouser) Pifer, 92, of Big Run/Henderson Township, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 7, 2021, in her son Max Jr.'s home after a long battle with lung cancer.
She was born on Nov. 23, 1928, in DuBois, a daughter of the late Floyd Jackson Clouser and Julia Oledia (Hollopeter) Clouser. She was a graduate of the DuBois High School Class of 1946.
On Sept. 20, 1946, Abby married Max E. Pifer Sr.; together, they enjoyed 66 years of marriage.
She was a member of the Paradise Community United Church of Christ. She was also a 60-year member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked at Cameron Mfg. Co., Rola Jensen and as a nurse's aide at DuBois Hospital.
Abby loved her farm animals and pets. She enjoyed the simple things in life. She loved to garden and can and share its harvest. One of her greatest joys was to cook for her husband and "my three sons." She enjoyed quilting and sharing her many talents.
Abby was the matriarch and last surviving member of her generation of the Pifer and Clouser families. She was beloved and will be missed by all the many nieces and nephews, especially her niece, Connie Daugherty, who called her daily to talk and ask her advice.
She is survived by two sons, Max E. (Debbie) Pifer, Jr., Henderson Township, and Carl D. Pifer, Big Run. Son Bernard D. Pifer preceded her in death.
She is survived by five grandchildren, Ryan Pifer, Queens borough of New York City; Dustin Pifer, King George, Virginia; and Sunni Jean (Heath) Reddinger, Destiny Pifer, and Adam Pifer, all of Punxsutawney.
She treasured her time spent with her three great-grandchildren, Gavin Pifer, Easton Reddinger and Dartanyan Pifer.
Avanell was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Max; her son, Bernard; four brothers: Sylvester, Theodore J. (Lawrence), Charles and James; six sisters, Vera Landis Gearhart, Essie Mae Rath, Ada Madeline Updyke, Glendora Annabell Updyke, Arveda Laukitus Logan and Imogene Hand Ball.
Friends will be received at Paradise United Church of Christ on Monday, May 10, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held prior to visitation at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the church. A funeral service will be held at the church at 1 p.m. co-officiated by Pastors Mary Ellen Hoffman and Barry Fillman.
Arrangements are under the direction of Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Big Run. Interment will be in the Paradise Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Henderson Township Community Building, c/o Jane Pifer, 655 Rock Dump Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store.
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