Obituary of Imogene Riley Peiffer

Imogene Riley Peiffer September 12, 2016 Imogene Riley Peiffer, 92, died on Monday. She was born in Syracuse and was a lifelong resident of Eastwood. She had graduated from St. Vincent dePaul High School in 1941 and Powelson Business Institute. Imogene was employed by the New York Telephone Company until she married her husband, John Peiffer, an Army Lieutenant on June 5, 1944 and boarded a train to Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. She was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church and a member of the Living Rosary and Altar Society. Imogene and her late husband John, attended innumerable events and concerts at West Genesee and Victor Schools to cheer on and support their grandchildren. They were definitely the proudest grandparents at many high school and college graduation ceremonies that followed. Imogene was pre-deceased by her husband John in 2001, her parents Matilda and Frank Riley; brother Francis; and sister, Sister Matilda Anne Riley, CSJ. She is survived by her daughters: Patty Cook, Mary (Michael) Larkin, Carol (Peter) O’Mara; grandchildren: John Cook, Kathleen (Dan) Healy, Amy (Todd) Lamberton, Collin (Krish) O’Mara, Colleen (Mike) Kernan, Kerry (Brian) Battle; great-grandchildren: Allison, Owen, Connor, Madison, Kara, Caitlin, Riley, Jack, Drew and was awaiting the arrival of a great-grandson early next year; sister-in-law Rita P. Keenan and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 10am at the Goddard-Crandall-Shepardson Funeral Home and at 10:30 in Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial will follow in Assumption Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Thursday from 4-7pm at the funeral home, 3111 James Street. Memorial contributions may be made to the Blessed Sacrament Outreach Program, 3127 James Street, Syracuse 13206.