Owner Announces Selling of Pfau's Hardware in West Hartford

Pfau’s Hardware in West Hartford will close on Monday and reopen under new ownership Tuesday after current owner Debra Hunter made the difficult decision to sell the business that her late husband loved.

Hunter told the Hartford Courant that she promised her customers that the store wouldn’t close and it would remain a hardware store and she’s keeping that promise by selling it to the owners of Larsen Ace Hardware in Canton.

Russell Hunter, Debra’s husband, died from cancer in October. He was 59.

Russell Hunter owned the store for nearly 20 years and was beloved by his customers. Pfau’s Hardware was started by his maternal grandfather, Carl O. Pfau, in 1940, and Russell Hunter began working there as a boy and became owner in 1993, according to the Courant.

Debra Hunter broke the news to her customers with the following message on Facebook Friday afternoon:

“It is with mixed emotions to announce that we will be selling Pfau’s Hardware. The doors will open on Tuesday morning at the hands of the new owners. The Larsens, owners of Larsen Ace Hardware located in Canton, CT will be the proud new owners of Pfau’s. We would like to thank our beloved customers for the loyalty and support that you have shown us for 75 years. It has brought us great joy to serve the town of West Hartford. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. - Debra Hunter & Lauren Hunter-Damm.”

Read more at the Hartford Courant here.

Image via Pfau’s Hardware Facebook page

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