Obituary: Sylvester G Pfluge, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

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Sylvester Pfluge
Monroe Evening News
Nov. 5, 1986    

Sylvester G. Pfluge, 74, of 417 Sackett Ave. died at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday in 
his home.  He had been in poor health for six years and seriously ill for 
three weeks.    Friends may call after 6 tonight in the Allore-Sprow 
Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. Thursday.  The 
rosary also will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home by 
Monroe Council 1266, Knights of Columbus.  Services will be at 9:30 a.m. 
Friday in the funeral home and at 10 in St. Mary's Catholic church.  The 
Rev. Carl Gentner will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.    
Born March 2, 1912, in Monroe, he was the son of Godfrey and Teresia  
(Fischer) Pfluge.  He married Gertrude (Trudy) Bourbina Oct. 26, 1940, in 
St. Mary's Church.    He was employed by the Livonia plant of the Ford 
Motor Co. from 1964 until his retirement in 1974.  Prior to that, he was 
employed by Monroe Auto Equipment Co. from 1941 to 1964 and by the Newton 
Steel Co. from 1932 to 1941    He was a life!
  member of St. Mary's Church and had attended its grade school.  He also 
was a member of Monroe Council 1266, K of C; the Frenchtown, St. Mary's, 
St. Michael's and St. John's Senior Citizens, and the Comboni Missionaries.    
Surviving are his wife and a son, Robert, of Monroe.    He was preceded in 
death by three sisters, Loretta Mental, Bertha Eckert and Dorothy Layman.    
Memorials may be made to the Michigan Cancer Foundation or Comboni 
Missionaries.