Margaret Ann (Guth) Pfeiffer

Margaret Ann Pfeiffer, 78 of Jackson, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home with her family at her side.

She was born November 16, 1942 in Oak Ridge, Missouri 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, Missouri 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, Illinois; a granddaughter Melinda (Will) Hardison of Troy, Missouri; two siblings, Laverne (Jerry) Krauss of Perryville, Missouri and Richard Guth of Nashville, Tennessee; a sister-in-law, Donna Pfeiffer of Columbia, Missouri; a brother-in-law, Cletus (Jan) Pfeiffer of Rochester, Minnesota; and step-mother Jacqueline Guth of Festus, Missouri.

Also surviving are loving nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert of 43 years; father, Vernon Guth; mother, Mabel Guth;

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time, Thursday, April 22, 2021, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.

Funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, with Rev. Joshua Schmidt officiating.

Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to St. Paul Lutheran Church or the church or charity of donor’s choice.

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