Dec. 5, 1964 — Jan. 22, 2025
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Our dearest Mary Darlene Pfeifer died on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. She was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Lewiston, to George Pfeifer and Darlene Leachman Pfeifer on Dec. 5, 1964.
Mary graduated from Lewiston High School in 1983. She had various jobs during and out of high school. Her long-term job was at CCI/Speer ammunition plant in Lewiston. She moved to Spokane Valley in 1994 and had various jobs. She attended Spokane Community College where she received her registered respiratory therapist degree.
Mary was a blue-ribbon winner for her embroidery work at both the Nez Perce County and Spokane County Interstate fairs. She was a big book reader.
Mary is survived by her mother Darlene Leachman, of Spokane Valley; sisters Jeanne Ann (Bob) Bailey, of St. Maries; Susan Graham, of Spokane Valley; brother Robert Pfeifer, of LaCrosse, Wash; stepsiblings Shawn Wright and Sherri Wright, of Spokane; sisters-in-law Pam Whitesell, of Cordova, Alaska, and Judy Pfeifer, of Culdesac; two aunts and “cousins by the dozens” as well as friends from the old neighborhood. She was proud of her 15 nieces and nephews and if any called her Mary she would say, “It’s Aunt Mary to you.”
She was preceded in death by her dad George Pfeifer; grandparents; stepdads Art Wright and John Williams; her brothers Raymond and Ronald Pfeifer.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens, 3521 Seventh St., Lewiston.
