Clifford Wendell Haffner

HAFFNER — Clifford Wendell, 82; born Sept. 28, 1934, Tolstoy, S.D.; died June 30, 2017, Happy Valley, Ore. Surviving: wife, Barbara (Peck); sons, Karl, Waynesville, Ohio; Paul, Happy Valley; Randy, Winter Park, Fla.; daughter, Cheryl Haffner, Knoxville, Tenn.; and 7 grandchildren, Lindsey, Bailey, Carston, Kennedy, Wils, Claire and Hadley.

Clifford Wendell Haffner graduated from Walla Walla College (1957) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology and a Master of Divinity degree from Potomac University (1959). He was married to Barbara Peck on Nov. 24, 1957.

Clifford worked his entire career as a pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, faithfully serving congregations in Havre and Plentywood, Mont.; Ellendale and Minot, N.D.; Providence, R.I.; Roanoke, Va.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Florence, Ore. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church and had a passion for God, family and caring for others. He loved rocks, Rook, rootbeer floats, camping, stories, books, dahlias and tinkering in his garage.

The family celebrated Haffner’s life in a service on July 3, 2017, at the Pleasant Valley Church.