Edmond "Harvey" Pfannstiel

Edmond "Harvey" Pfannstiel, 84, a retired trading post owner, peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior after a brief illness Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at a Fort Worth hospital. He was surrounded by his family. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Burleson Memorial Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Community Hospice of Texas, 817-870-9995. Harvey Pfannstiel was born Nov. 21, 1926, in Thrall. He came to Fort Worth, where he worked as a welder at Lowes Trailers then Gordon & Pope Machinery Company as a shipping clerk and purchaser. After his retirement, he ran Harvey's Trading Post on Hemphill Street. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. The family expresses special thanks to Dr. Stuart Pickell and staff, Dr. Trey Moore and staff, Harris Hospital Palliative Care Unit and Community Hospice of Texas, for their caring comfort. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Lona Pfannstiel; brothers, Homer Baker, and wife, Valdie, Emmett Pfannstiel and Donald Pfannstiel and wife, Bonnie; sister, Laura McMinn and husband, Leslie; and son-in-law, Tim Stewart. Survivors: Wife, Genna Loice Pfannstiel; daughters, Joyce Stewart of Fort Worth and Betty Cate and husband, Garry, of Newark; grandsons, David Stewart and wife, Susan, of Baytown, Jeff Stewart and wife, Christy, of Fort Worth and Cody Cate of Newark; granddaughters, Rebekah Cate of McKinney and Rachel Miller and husband, Rusty, of Comanche; great-grandchildren, Hannah Davis, Jonah Stewart, Renna and Rees Miller; and numerous extended family members.