Phyllis Jean (Yohe) Peiffer was born on October 19, 1936, in Chambersburg, PA. She was the daughter of the late Paul J. Yohe and Ruth (Tarner) Yohe. She was a lifelong member of King Street United Brethren Church. She graduated in 1954 from Chambersburg Area Senior High School. While attending high school, she was a member of the school’s band and orchestra.
On June 20, 1954, she married Kenneth L. Peiffer, Jr., a classmate with whom she had been engaged for nearly two years. Phyl briefly worked at the Stanley Company in Chambersburg, before joining her husband at Fort Gordon, Georgia in1956. Later that year she moved back to Chambersburg, when he was reassigned to Camp Zama, Japan. That same year she gave birth to the couple’s first son, Kenneth L. Peiffer, III. Her second son, Bradley P. Peiffer, was born in 1963.
For a number of years, while her children were small, she concentrated her activities on motherhood and housewife duties. In the mid-seventies she assumed the post of Secretary for Calvary United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, for seven years. She then became the office manager for Broadwater Chiropractic and Psychological Services for nearly ten years.
In addition to being a member of the New Life Sunday School Class at King Street Church, she also served as a member and Secretary of the local Salvation Army’s Women’s Auxiliary, along with being a Franklin County Deputy Coroner.
In 2001, with her husband and eldest son and sister-in-law, Shirley Kennedy, she helped with the Salvation Army’s Disaster Unit at Ground Zero, New York City, immediately following the Terrorist Attacks on 9/11.
On June 20, 2026, she and Ken celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. Phyl is survived by her husband Ken, her son Bradley (wife Lisa) of Chambersburg, a daughter-in-law Nancy (Greencastle), five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandaughter. She was predeceased by her son, Kenneth L. Peiffer, III, in 2024.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 27, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at King Street Church.
Condolences may be expressed at www.sellersfuneralhome.com.
