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Robert Pfund dies at 78

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December 14,2015

Ridgewood NJ, Robert L. Pfund, 78, also of Harvey Cedars, died on Dec. 14.

Bob was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church in Ridgewood and a U.S. Navy Veteran. Bob earned both his B.S. and master’s degrees at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was vice-president and senior operating officer of Avon Products Inc., retiring in 1992 after 28 years. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Valley Hospital for 12 years. He was a former board member of Bush Boake Allen, Inc.; a past member of the Ridgewood High School Football Scholarship Committee; charter member of the Ridgewood Stablehands Breakfast Society; and a former member of both Hackensack and Ridgewood Country Clubs.

He was predeceased by his wife Georgette in 2012. He was the father of Gerald and Becky of Ho-Ho-Kus, David and Gina of Ridgewood and Cathryn and Amvrosios of Ho-Ho-Kus; grandfather of Sarah, Luke, Jackson, Ryan, Sienna and Colette.

A Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church on Friday, Dec. 18 at 9:30 a.m., with interment to follow at Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood. Visiting will be at the Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood on Thursday, Dec. 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014.