Carl D. Puffenbarger, 89, of Palm Bay, Florida, and Brandywine died July 18, 2024, as the result of a motor vehicle accident near his home.
He was born June 14, 1935, at Fort Seybert and was the son of the late George Leslie Puffenbarger and Ressie Mae Dove Puffenbarger.
Mr. Puffenbarger was a 1953 graduate of Franklin High School and worked as an exchange processor for Ferris & Company, a stock brokerage firm, in Washington, DC.
After his sister-in-law, Barbara, passed away in 2014, he and his brother, Ona, lived together and cared for each other and were snowbirds, spending the winter months in Palm Bay, Florida, and returning to the Fort Seybert community for the warmer months until his brother’s death in March of 2023.
He was a member of the Bethlehem Church of the Brethren and the Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M.
He never married.
Surviving are a sister, Barbara Barker (John) of Christiansburg, Virginia; several nieces and nephews, including a special nephew, Gary Puffenbarger (Brigitte) of Palm Bay, Florida; several great-nieces and great-nephews; a sister-in-law, Betty Puffenbarger of Franklin; and a brother-in-law, Shirldon Winegard of Roanoke, Virginia.
He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Irvin Puffenbarger, Dewey Puffenbarger, Bruce Puffenbarger, Virgil Puffenberger and Ona Puffenbarger; and two sisters, Goldie Puffenbarger Smith and Edith Winegard.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, where a funeral service will follow with Pastor Michael Loudermilk officiating. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery at Franklin.
