After a five-month courageous battle with glioblastoma, Angela (Angie) Caroline Schulz Pfeiffer died Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Visitation will be Saturday, May 7 from 10 - 11 a.m. with a service to follow at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 13271 Millard Ave in Omaha.
Memorials may be directed to the Pfeiffer family for later designation.
Arrangements are with Good Shepherd Funeral Home in Omaha.
Angie was born on Nov. 24, 1963 in Wayne to Don V. and Sandra Kay (Witmer) Schulz. She graduated from Wayne-Carroll High School in 1982. She received her Registered Nurse Diploma from St. Luke's College in 1986; her bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1993; and her master's degree in Nursing from Winona State University, which focused on the Clinical Nurse Specialist area in 2000.
She was baptized, confirmed, and married the love of her life, Todd Pfeiffer, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wayne on Nov. 28, 1992.She and Todd have one daughter, Cassandra (Cassie) Marie, who she adored, cherished, and loved. Angie was active in 4-H while growing up in Wayne and received many first-place awards showing lambs and sheep. She enjoyed all aspects of living on the farm south of Wayne. She played guitar and was lead singer in the area band, Black Pearl.
Angie worked at St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa; The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; University of California, Irvine; Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, California; Desert Hospital and Desert Cardiac Surgery Associates in Palm Springs, California; Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; and at Methodist Hospital and CHI Health in Omaha.
Her various titles include Clinical Nurse Specialist, Service Leader, Heart Failure Coordinator, Cardiac Liaison Nurse, Nurse Coordinator of Cardiac Services, Cardiology Administrative Coordinator, Researcher, Consultant, and Educator. She received the Omaha Magazine's Excellence Award in Orthopedics in 2015. She was a published author in the American Journal of Medicine.
Angie surrounded herself with the color purple. She was an excellent cook and baker. She loved all animals, and one day, had hoped to open a dog rescue.
She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Millard, was active in Go Red for Women and helped with the Red Cross Mobile Blood Drive Unit.
She treasured her time with Todd and Cassie and her family and friends and loved to travel and take in new sights and adventures at every destination. She liked discovering new wineries and restaurants in our area. She enjoyed watching Cassie in her athletic events and was her biggest supporter.
Survivors include her husband, Todd; her daughter, Cassandra (Cassie) Marie; her sister, Tammie Rose (Paul) Phillips of Omaha; her brother, Jason Harry Schulz of Wayne; sister-in-law, Carolyn (Mike) Beiermann of Wayne; brothers-in-law, Bob (Karen) Pfeiffer of Omaha; Terry (Kathy) Pfeiffer of Omaha; Tim (Kathi) Pfeiffer of Phoenix, Arizona; uncle Vern Schulz of Wayne; aunts Penny (Rick) Urwiler of Lincoln; Marcia (Darcell) Adams of Iowa City, Iowa; 13 nieces and nephews; 10 first cousins, and many other second and third cousins, great nieces and nephews, and her dogs, Pearl and Mazie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Don V. and Sandra Kay (Witmer) Schulz, her in-laws, Don and Marie (Kraft) Pfeiffer, grandparents, Harry and Rose (Daum) Schulz, George and Caroline (Koopman) Witmer, aunt Dolores Schulz, aunt and uncle, Pat and Bill Gamble, and her dogs, Oscar, Emmy, Fritz, and Casper.
