Commack residents and the Hauppauge Public Schools community is grieving the loss of one of their own.
Commack teen Anthony E. Pfiefer, a student at Hauppauge High School, died on March 28. He was 18.
Hauppauge Public School's Superintendent Patricia Sullivan-Kriss extended her and the Board of Education's condolences to the Pfeifer family at their April 3 meeting. Sullivan-Kriss said counselors and grief sessions are available to students throughout the district, and she thanked local merchants for their support of students staying before or after classes for counseling.
Anthony Pfeifer is the son of Edwin and Carolann. He is survived by his sisters, Ashley and Danielle, and his grandmother Rena Pfeifer, according to an obituary published on Moloney Funeral Home's website.
Religious services for Anthony Pfeifer were held on March 30 at Moloney's Funeral Home in Hauppauge, followed by a funeral Mass at St. Thomas More in Hauppauge on March 31.
