AL UFER
Name: AL UFER
Entry Date: 43
Exit Date: 45
Rating:
Squad: 111
Status: D: 05/27/2014
CDR Alfred L. Ufer, USN Ret., 92, of St. Simons Island, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at SGHS in Brunswick, Ga. Memorial Mass will be held 11AM Friday, May 30, 2014at St. William Catholic Church on St. Simons Island with Msgr. John Kenneally officiating. Inurnment will follow in St. William Columbarium with Military Honors. Born January 1, 1922, in New York City, New York to the late Daniel and Elizabeth B. Ufer. He grew up in New York City and Deal, NJ. He graduated from George Washington, H.S. and Villanova College. He retired after 28 years as a Naval Aviator with tours of duty as a Hurricane Hunter, Anti-submarine patrol, in Iceland on the NATO staff as well as tours in the Pentagon, at the Post Graduate School in Monterrey, Ca. He served during the time of WWII, and the Korean War. Al was very involved in community and military organizations as an active working member, serving on the boards of the Kiwanis Club of Brunswick, The Navy League, MOAA, The Boys and Girls Club, United Way, serving as President of them at least one time. He was also active on the Church Parish Council, and served as a Eucharistic Minister, Lector, Usher and other church organizations. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Lorraine Ufer Dooley, his first wife Betty Dowden Ufer – the mother of his daughter, and his second wife, Mary McCarthy Ufer and granddaughter Jacqueline Manion. He is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Louise Lehman Henry Ufer, Daughter Barbara Ufer Pittman (Paul) of Raleigh, NC, stepchildren Denise Henry Borasky (Ed) of Chesapeake, Va., Therese Henry Raimondo of St. Simons Is. Ga., Richard J. Henry (Starr) of Auburn, Ca., Stephen L. Henry (Linda) of Yaphank, N.Y., 14 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, nephews Tom Dooley (Marge) and Edward Dooley (Dorothy), both of Middletown, N. J., niece Lorraine Dooley O’Shaunacy, (Barry) and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Boys and Girls Club of Brunswick or the College of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.edomillerandsons.com