A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Brigid Church in Lexington on Wednesday, July 15 at 11 a.m. for David (Dave) Andrew Treffs, 93, of Wayland and formerly of Lexington, who passed away peacefully on July 3, 2026.
A veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, Dave was the son of the late Andrew and Anna Treffs. His love of life and his devotion to his wife, Emma, of 70 years kept him fighting through years of dialysis for kidney disease.
David was born in Glendale, N.Y., and moved to the backwoods of the Adirondacks in 1945. The farmhouse they purchased had neither running water nor electricity, and he spent the next five years helping his father modernize it
David earned degrees in marine engineering and in engineering management. He joined the Coast Guard in 1956 and was stationed as an ordnance officer in Germany, where he met his beloved Emma and her young daughter, Eveline (Evi). After marrying in Ansbach, they moved to Lexington, where they settled for 50 years.
Dave’s guiding light throughout his life was his devoted family. He is survived by his wife and daughter, his beloved grandchildren Nicholas and Ana Stavropulos, great-granddaughter Emory May Bonk, and his son-in-law Peter Stavropulos.
