Puffer, Phillip Lynn 'Phil'

Phillip Lynn “Phil” Puffer, 67, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, in his rural Mechanicsville home after a long illness. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices, Mount Vernon Chapel, by Celebrant Mary Morgan. The viewing and visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel. Phil's burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville.

Surviving Phil are his wife Jacquelyn (Colton) Puffer; two sons, Wade (Jolyn Loukota) Puffer and their daughter Jordyn, Marion, and Matthew (Jennifer Petsche) Puffer, Des Moines; father, Donald Puffer, Mechanicsville; sister-in-law, Patricia Fox, Marion; brother-in-law, Donald (Jane Almond) Colton, Benton, Ill.; and brother, Steven (Anita) Puffer, Coralville. Phil is also survived by aunts Helen Farrington and Genevieve Platner, both of Mechanicsville; and special friends Edward and Karen Kleppe, and Dennis and Janice Domer.

Preceding Phil in death were his son, Mark Puffer; mother, Edith (Platner) Puffer; sister, Jeanette Puffer; and sister-in-law, Jacqueline (Wilson) Puffer.

Phil was born August 30, 1943, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Donald and Edith Puffer. He graduated from Mechanicsville High School in 1961. He married Jackie Colton Sept. 4, 1966, in Mount Vernon. Phil farmed the Puffer Heritage Farm his entire life.

Phil enjoyed hunting, shooting and fishing, which he shared with his sons. Phil loved spending time with his family.

Memorials in Phil's honor may be donated to Mechanicsville Fire & Ambulance Volunteers Inc., Mechanicsville, IA 52306.

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