Thomas William

Pfizenmaier

Thomas W. Pfizenmaier of Jackson, WI. passed away peacefully with his wife at his side on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at the age of 78. He was born in Milwaukee to Willis and Elsie (nee Dins) Pfizenmaier on December 10, 1947. Tom was united in marriage to Janet Schneider on September 30, 1967, and together raised a beautiful daughter.

Tom and Janet settled in Jackson in 1972. He worked at Allis-Chalmers in West Allis for twelve years. After they closed, he worked for Snap-on-Tools and finished his career at Sendik’s Fine Foods in Brookfield.

The first things Tom did after retirement was purchase his dream car, a red Corvette. He belonged to the Corvette Club of Ozaukee County and treasured road trips with friends. Tom made many friends camping with the VIC Ferrari group for 35 years. Tom and Janet enjoyed retirement snow birding in Fort Myers, FL. during the winter months.

Tom was a volunteer fireman at the Jackson Fire Dept for several years. He captained for many disabled veterans fish outings in Port Washington. Tom enjoyed playing Santa for a lot of friends and families every Christmas. He cherished his daughter and her family especially his two grandsons whom he was fortunate enough to see them into adulthood and achieve success in their careers.

Tom’s memory will remain in the hearts of his devoted wife Janet, his daughter Tracy (Don) West; grandchildren Clayton and Blake West; great-grandson Landon West; sister Gloria Breckenfelder; sister and brother-in-law Diane (John) Schallaci; brother-in-law Ralph (Debbie) Schneider. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and grand-dog Ruger.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Donna Krueger and her husband Eddie; brother-in-law Kenneth Breckenfelder and sister-in-law Carol Williams.

A funeral service will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at Eernisse Funeral Home, 1167 Washington Ave., Cedarburg, WI. 53012. The family will receive relatives and friends at the funeral home from 2:00-4:00p.m. Tom will be laid to rest at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18th in Pearson Cemetery, Pearson, WI. as this was a special place in his heart.

Memorials are appreciated to the Disabled Veterans Fish Outings. Disabledvetsfishouting.org or mailed to Vicki Gahan, P.O. Box 26, Port Washington, WI. 53074.