Funeral service for Margaret Ann Pfeiffer of Jackson, will be held Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The Rev. Joshua Schmidt will officiate. Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time. Arrangements were handled by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
Margaret, 78, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021, at her home with her family at her side. She was born Nov. 16, 1942, in Oak Ridge, the daughter of Vernon and Mabel Schlichting Guth. She married Robert C. “Bob” Pfeiffer April 29, 1962, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas.
Margaret was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson where she had been a member for many years.
She attended school at Oak Ridge, St. Paul Lutheran School, and was a 1960 graduate of Jackson High School. She attended a business college for a year in Cape Girardeau.
Margaret enjoyed a long successful career in banking and finance, having worked at the former Jackson Exchange Bank, Cape County Bank and later Edward D. Jones.
Survivors include two children, Tim Pfeiffer of Jackson, and Melissa (Dan) Spiegel of Chicago, IL, a granddaughter, Melinda (Will) Hardison of Troy, two siblings, Laverne (Jerry) Krauss of Perryville and Richard Guth of Nashville, TN, a sister-in-law, Donna Pfeiffer of Columbia, a brother-in-law, Cletus (Jan) Pfeiffer of Rochester, MN, and stepmother, Jacqueline Guth of Festus, and loving nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, of 43 years, father, Vernon Guth and her mother, Mabel Guth.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to St. Paul Lutheran Church or the church or charity of donor’s choice.
To share an online condolence with the family, visit www.mccombsfuneralhome.com and go to Margaret’s personal obituary page and click on the tribute wall tab.
