James 'Jim' Peifer
[October
29, 2013]
WILLIAMSVILLE -- James Edward "Jim"
Peifer, 59, of Williamsville, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at Sugar
Creek Dementia Special Care in Normal.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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WILLIAMSVILLE-James Edward "Jim" Peifer, 59, of
Williamsville went to heaven healthy and whole on
Sunday, October 27, 2013, at Sugar Creek Dementia
Special Care in Normal, IL, following a long battle
with frontotemporal dementia.
He was born on July 14, 1954 at St. Clara's Hospital
in Lincoln, IL, the son of Vincent and Jean Warrens
Peifer who both preceded him in death. He married
Angela (Angie) Fowler on November 23, 1991 at Good
Shepherd Lutheran church in Sherman, IL.
He is survived by his wife, his siblings Tom (Patty)
Peifer, Lincoln; Mary Peifer (Jim Runyon), Peoria;
Bob (Michelle) Peifer, Wildwood, MO; Ann (Marvin)
Mosier, Colfax; Tim Peifer (fiancée Michelle
Fulton), Springfield; and 14 nieces and nephews and
six great nieces and nephews who loved "Uncle Jimmy"
very, very much; and seven cousins.
Jim attended Carroll Catholic Grade School and was a
1973 graduate of Lincoln High School.
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He was a
lifelong Logan County farmer and was proud to have
worked with his dad and brother Tom on the farm that
has been in their family for well over a century.
Jim also raised purebred champion Suffolk sheep and
had one of the premier herds in the country.
Jim was a member of Holy Family Catholic Parish,
Lincoln, IL and the Knights of Columbus.
He and his wife loved to spend time at the beach and
visited many of the Caribbean Islands, as well as
their vacation home in Indian Shores, FL. Jim loved
people and never met a stranger. His greatest joy
was spending time with family and friends.
Services for Jim will be Saturday, November 2, 2013
at 1:00 p.m. at Holy Family Church of Lincoln with
Rev. Claude Peifer officiating. Visitation will be
Friday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln with a
prayer service at 3:30 p.m. led by Rev. James Stuenkel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Lincoln.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (theaftd.org),
AFTD, Radnor Station Building 2, Suite 320, 290 King
of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087. The AFTD provides
research, education, support and advocacy on behalf
of and for victims of frontotemporal dementia.
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