LYDIA BOESE KAUFFMAN 1883 - 1937

KAUFFMAN, BOESE, IMHOFF, HERTIG

Posted By: Ann Miller White (email)
Date: 4/12/2004 at 00:16:35

1937 –
MRS. JOE KAUFFMAN TAKEN BY Death
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday At Sugar Creek Church

Mrs. Joe Kauffman died at her home about two and one half miles south of Wayland Friday morning, April 9th, at the age of 54 years. Mrs. Kauffman had been ill and practically helpless for several months. Funeral services were held Sunday at two p.m. at the Sugar Creek church and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Simon Gingerich had charge of the services assisted by Rev. Leichty. Mrs. Kauffman had been a member of the Sugar Creek church since childhood.

OBITUARY:
Lydia (Boese) Kauffman was born near Smithville, Ohio, January 4, 1883. When a small child, her parents moved to Wayland, Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. She accepted Christ as her Saviour in her youth and united with the Sugar Creek Amish Mennonite Church of which she was a member at the time of her death.

On March 11, ________ she was united in marriage with Joseph J. Kauffman. Two children were born to this union. They lived on a farm south of Wayland.

She took much interest in her family life and always seemed to be robust and healthy until nearly a year ago when she gradually began to fail due to a disease of the spinal cord. When informed that likely she could not be with her family very long any more, she expressed herself as being ready to go.

On Friday forenoon, April 9, 1937, she passed away at the age of 54 years, 3 months, and 5 days. She leaves her deeply bereaved husband, one daughter and one son (Leona and Clarence, both at home), her mother, Mrs. Mary Boese, three sisters, Mrs. John Imhoff, Mrs. Chris Hertig, and Mrs. Louie Kauffman, two brothers, Samuel and Albert, and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss.