Celebration of Life - Edwin William Pfaff

Celebration of Life - Edwin William Pfaff

Edwin (Ed) William Pfaff, 80, of New Braunfels, Texas, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. Born on December 20, 1942, in Marietta, Ohio, he was the son of the late Jacob William Pfaff and Carol Louise Strachan Pfaff.

Ed is survived by his wife of 43 years, Christine Kunze Pfaff of New Braunfels, Texas; sister, Teresa Pfaff Tulumaris and her partner Timothy E. McGill, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and sister-in-law Petra Kunze-Podgorski and husband William Podgorski of Portland, Connecticut. Also, he is survived by four nieces and nephews, Douglas Tulumaris and wife Jacqueline, Andrea Tulumaris Funk and husband Mark, Alexander Podgorski, and Anna Podgorski. A grandniece and three grandnephews, Nathalie Tulumaris, Nathan Tulumaris, David Funk, and Daniel Funk survived him as well.

In addition to his parents, Ed was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Edwin William and Anna Gerber Pfaff, maternal grandparents Edward Adam and Hattie Blanche Hass Strachan, and brother-in-law, Anthony Tulumaris all from Marietta, Ohio.

Ed graduated in 1960 from Marietta High School in Marietta, Ohio and then proceeded to earn his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio in 1964.

Ed proudly served in the United States Navy from 1966 to 1970 as a Lieutenant in Admiral Rickover's Nuclear Power School (NPS) located in Bainbridge, Maryland. His primary role was Physics instructor for Naval officers heading to submarine duties during the Vietnam War. Upon honorable discharge from the Navy, he headed back to academia to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1970 to attain his PHD in Nuclear Physics but left to join the business world before completing his final dissertation.

Travelers Insurance Company (now Citicorp) in Hartford, Connecticut was his first business job in the Commercial Lines’ actuary program and ended in Fixed Income & Bonds Investments as an Officer. After 14 years at Travelers, his career transported him to American General (now AIG) in Houston, Texas as Senior Vice President of Fixed Income Investments. Many years later, he retired from this job to pursue other interests outside the business sector.