The HERALD-MAIL
Wednesday, May 12, 1999 Edition

Charles A. Peiffer

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Charles A. Peiffer, 77, of 518 Green St., died Monday, May 10, 1999, in the emergency room of Waynesboro Hospital.

Born June 14, 1921, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Aaron G. and Ruth Minerva Sprankle Peiffer.

He was a 1940 graduate of Waynesboro High School.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the South Pacific Theater.

He was employed by Landis Machine Co., Waynesboro, for 21 years. Prior to retiring in1986, he was a machine operator at Mack Trucks, Hagerstown, for 24 years.

He was a member of Church of the Nazarene, Hagerstown and Ambassador Sunday School Class.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Mabel R. Carbaugh Peiffer; a daughter, Linda A. Peiffer of Waynesboro; seven sisters, Lenora R. Shatzer of Hagerstown, J. Kathryn O'Donnell and Shirley M. Spealman, both of Chambersburg, Pa., Sandra D. Huber of Fayetteville, Pa., M. Jane Hoffman of Waynesboro, Margaret M. Wagaman of Mont Alto, Pa. and Trudy J. Wagaman of Springfield, Va.; four brothers, Gerald E. Peiffer and Kenneth L. Peiffer, both of Waynesboro, Frederick D. Peiffer of Mercersburg, Pa., and Lowell E. Peiffer of West Virginia; a half sister, Helen L. Minnich of Waynesboro; nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur G. Peiffer; two half sisters, Evelyn Shadle and Ruth Peiffer; and three half brothers, Norman Peiffer, Lester Peiffer and Harold Peiffer.

Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Pastor Richard A. Wilson and the Rev. Walter A. Stuart will officiate. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Chambersburg.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to Church of the Nazarene, 141 N. Edgewood, Hagerstown, MD 21740; Waynesboro Ambulance Squad, 18 S. Potomac St., Waynesboro, PA 17268; or Waynesboro ALS, Medic II, P.O. Box 447, Waynesboro, PA 17268.