Donald I. Peffer

Donald I. Peffer of Pine Township, Grove City, formerly of Prospect, passed away on Monday morning in Butler Memorial Hospital following a 2½-year illness. He was 65.

Don was born in Butler on Nov. 4, 1952, to Donald E. and B. Virginia (Dent) Peffer. He married Connie L. Martin on March 1, 1992.

Don was a graduate of Slippery Rock High School, Class of 1971.

He served in the U.S. Army.

He was employed by Ronald Gross Inc. in Cabot, where he was a safety coordinator and a truck driver for the past 27 years.

Don was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. He enjoyed his family, friends, playing cards and especially he liked taking care of his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Connie, at home; four children, Jason Peffer and his wife, Emily, of Portersville, Brian Harris and his wife, Tracey, of Utica, Jenifer Corbett and her husband, Jeff, of Cooperstown, and Rhonda Criss and her husband, James, of Grove City; 10 grandchildren, Mathew Corbett, Kristi Stemmerich, Zachary Harris and his companion, Lacy Custer, Tasha Manross and her husband, Dakota, Kelsey Harris, Brandon Reynolds, Sydney Reynolds, Isaac Criss, Riley Criss and Rayliegh Peffer; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Neil Peffer and his wife, Cecilia, of Tarpon Springs, Fla.

His parents and a brother, Richard Peffer, preceded Don in death.

PEFFER — Visitation hours for Donald I. Peffer, who died Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cunningham Funeral Home, 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City.Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Ed Saxman, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, officiating.Burial will be at Crestview Memorial Park with military honors.Memorials in Don's memory to the American Cancer Society at cancer.org., or St. Jude at stjude.org.