Frank P. “Petey” Scarff

SCARFF, HAECKER, SNYDER

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/10/2014 at 17:05:30

Obituaries
LeClaire
Frank Scharff

LeClaire, Iowa -- Services for Frank P. “Petey” Scarff, 89, will be 1 p. m. Friday at McGinnis Chambers and Sass Funeral Home, Bettendorf. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park.

Visitation is 4-8 p. m. Thursday and noon to 1 p. m. Friday. Mr. Scharff died Tuesday at his home. He retired as a navigator specialist after 43 years at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island.

He married Sylvia Fritz in 1927 in Rockford , Ill. She died in 1984. He was a member of National Association of Retired Federal Employees.He enjoyed hunting. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Red Cancer Society or Bettendorf Red Cross.

Survivors include daughters, Phyllis Haecker, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Nancy Snyder, Phoenix; a son, Pete, Davenport; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a half brother, Ralph Siebel, Stockton.

He also was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Judy Haecker.

Source: Quad City Times, Davenport, Ia., 21 Jun 1995, p. 4M.