Obituary of Elena Adelaide Kieffer

Elena Adelaide Kieffer, age 84, of Cape May died on December 28, 2008 at Cape Regional Medical Center. Born in Genoa, Italy, she formerly lived in Hatboro, Pa. before moving to Cape May in 1986. She was a graduate of the School of Teachers in Florence, Italy. She taught Italian at A.C.C. College in Rio Grande and Mays Landing; was a real estate agent for Century 21 in Warminster, Pa. and Caldwell Bankers and an insurance agent for Prudential Insurance Co. She was a member of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and sang in their choir and attended St. John of God Church. She was chairman of A.A.R.P. Chapter #691. Surviving are her husband, Reinhardt J. Kieffer; sons, John (Diana) of Tampa, FL., William of Nesquehoning, Pa., Michael of Penndel and Raphael of Hatboro, Pa.; daughters, Maria Waddell of Pa., Antonella Kieffer of Villas, NJ and Sandra (Troy) Orton of Cape May Court House, NJ; six grandchildren, Corinna Daninger, Melissa Sliwinski; Krystal Deprinzio, Gerard Deprinzio, Jorden Kieffer and Olivia Orton; three great-grandchildren, Emma Daninger, Aaron Daninger and Marley Sliwinski. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Prof. Giulio Masini, M.D. and wife Nina and a brother, Muzio Pellicciante. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, 9:30 AM at Our Lady Star of the Sea R. C. Church, 525 Washington Mall, Cape May, NJ where friends may call from 8:30 AM. Burial will be in Cape May Co. Veterans Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be sent to: Animal Outreach, P O Box 1225, Cape May, NJ 08204 or S.P.C.A., 3941 Bayshore Rd., Cape May, NJ 08204. Evoy Funeral Home