John Michael Pfeiffer, 70, for several years a blacksmith in Milton and Milton Junction, died Sunday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. John McCord, Lima Center, where he had lived the past few years.
He was born in Mollis, Switzerland, March 27, 1865, coming to this country as a boy. On April 30, 1885, he married Thea C. Nelson, Janesville, who died Dec. 11, 1900. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John McCord, Lima Center, and Mrs. Howard Holliday, Riverside, Calif.; two sons, Ralph M., Lima Center, and Casper H., Green Bay; several grandchildren; and two sisters and two brothers in Switzerland.
The funeral was held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Gray and Albrecht funeral home, Milton Junction, Rev. T. C. Nagler of the M. E. church officiating. Burial was in Milton Cemetery, the pallbearers being Loyal Hull, T. I. Place, W. H. Waterman, A. D. Haskins, G. R. Boss and S. N. Lowther, all of Milton.