Clifford Clarence Joseph Pfefferle
August 5, 1940 – February 7, 2022
As published in the February 28, 2021 World-Spectator
Clifford Clarence Joseph Pfefferle was born in Humboldt on August 5, 1940 to Ambrose and Julia (Thera) Pfefferle. He passed away on February 7, 2022 in Palm Springs and is survived by his two daughters, Stephanie (Dean Rumpel) and Tanya (Jérémie Labossiere), as well as his two precious granddaughters, Katia and Skylar Rumpel.
Cliff served in the Navy from November 1958 to 1963 (the HMCS Crescent, the HMCS Fort Erie, the HMCS Cayuga and the HMCS Chaudiere) and travelled to several countries including Africa, England, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Bermuda, Jamaica, the Virgin Islands and the whole East Coast of the United States. His love for travel continued throughout his life and he even managed to take several cruises in his last months.
After returning from the Navy, he and his mother bought and ran the Home Cafe in Naicam. He also played hockey and worked at the Co-op lumberyard and grocery store in Naicam. On October 23, 1965, he married the love of his life, Connie Ernst. In 1968, they moved to Humboldt, where Cliff joined the post office and worked his way up through the ranks of Canada Post, accepting promotions in Tisdale, Melville and Moosomin (Post Master) until he retired in Yorkton in 1993. During these years, he made many lifelong friends and also managed to find time to train army cadets, coach baseball, and play and coach hockey.
Cliff was a man of many talents. He was an excellent gardener (pumpkin grower), story/joke teller, a national champion cribbage player and was quite the card shark and amateur magician. Cliff also excelled at almost any game he played (except Pictionary). He loved being outside and enjoyed hunting, snowmobiling, hiking, riding his new jet ski (that he bought when he was 80!), golfing and, maybe, his greatest passion, fishing. He also was an excellent dancer and loved to jive.
In addition, Cliff could build almost anything. He built several garages, fences, brick barbecues, stone walls, his daughter’s barn, a greenhouse and even his very own cedar strip canoe.
In his later years, he loved spending the winters in Palm Springs, where he dominated the local shuffle board league.
Most of all, Cliff was a kind, generous and caring person, always willing to help in any way he could. He was a wonderful husband to Connie and a loving grandfather, father, father-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin and friend. He will be dearly missed and will never be forgotten.
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