Leon C Alderfer

Leon was born in Harleysville Pennsylvania to Paul and Mary Alderfer on February 10th, 1939. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he married Patricia Ann Gross on June 15, 1963 in Souderton Pennsylvania. Leon founded Alderfer & Assoc., a project scheduling firm, in 1974 and AlderGraf Systems in 1980 for the development of project scheduling software. He continued his project scheduling career with positions at Raytheon, Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacobs Engineering, Technip, The Shaw Group, Foster Wheeler, and the Hess Corporation.

Leon loved to sing and served in lay ministry as an elder at Spring Branch Community Church, Southwest Bible Church, and Cypress Bible Church. He served on the board of the Lulwanda Children’s home and was the Founding Chairman for the Covenant Bible Institute of Theology Mbale Uganda. He also served on the board of directors for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Greater Houston.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years Patricia Alderfer, son Michael Alderfer, daughter-in-law Melissa Alderfer, daughter Julie Ortiz, son-in-law Marco Ortiz and six grandchildren: Rebekah Alderfer, Leah Alderfer, Noah Alderfer, Elijah Alderfer, Marisa Ortiz and Lydia Ortiz of Houston Texas. He is also survived by brother David Alderfer and sister-in-law Vivian Alderfer of Oxford Pennsylvania, sister Paulette Fly of Lansdale Pennsylvania, brother Charles Alderfer and sister-in-law Carolyn Alderfer of Telford Pennsylvania. He is preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Mary Alderfer, in-laws Hiram and Mary Gross, son Jon Randall Alderfer, brother Robert Alderfer, sister-in-law Betty Alderfer and brother-in-law Ronald Godshall.

In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests donations to Covenant Bible Institute of Theology, Mbale Uganda or NAMI Greater Houston.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., November 12, 2020 at BridgePoint Bible Church, 13277 Katy Fwy., Houston, TX 77079. The service will be live streamed.