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Pfeiffer, Nancy Kathryn (nee Drury)

Pfeiffer, Nancy Kathryn (nee Drury)

Nancy Kathryn Pfeiffer, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was born March 5, 1942, in Kelso, Missouri, to Lambert C. and Lorraine V. Dohogne Drury. She and David Pfeiffer were married June 6, 1964, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau.

Nancy was a 1960 graduate of Cape Catholic (Notre Dame Regional) High School. She attended Washington University and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1988.

She retired as program administrator of the university's Center for Science and Math. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, CCW, Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary and Kappa Delta Pi. She served on the parish council, was Home and School secretary, was a cantor at church and volunteered as St. Mary School secretary. She was also a volunteer at Saint Francis Medical Center and was active in perpetual adoration at Saint Francis.

Survivors include her husband, David Pfeiffer of Cape Girardeau; children, Kimberly Smith (Phillip) of Cape Girardeau, Jim Pfeiffer (Jennifer) of Florida, Chris Pfeiffer (Lisa) of Labadie, Missouri, and Kathy Pfeiffer of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Charles L. Drury (Shirley) of St. Louis and Jerry M. Drury (Kathleen) of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Vicki Hahn (Ted) of Cape Girardeau; seven grandchildren, Caroline and Sarah Smith, Natalie and Zachary Pfeiffer and Ian, Brennan and Addison Pfeiffer.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Robert, Jim and Tom Drury; and two sisters, Patricia Schlosser and Mary Jane Jansen Ford.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m., with Knights of Columbus rosary immediately following.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Rev. Tom Kiefer officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to St. Mary Cathedral School Education Trust.

 

Printed in the Thursday, May 22, 2014 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO

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