Kauffman, Sadie Miller (1913-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Feb 1 p. 13

Birth date: 1913 Nov 15

text of obituary:

SADIE KAUFFMAN

Sadie (Miller) Kauffman, 96, of Kalispell, Mont., and formerly of Condon, died Dec. 28, 2009. She was born Nov. 15, 1913, to Daniel F. and Sarah (Coblentz) Miller in Bloomfield.

On Sept. 22, 1940, she married Reuben S. Kauffman of Creston. In 1947 they moved to the Swan Valley, where she resided until 2004. She then moved to Kalispell, where she resided first at Prestige Assisted Living and later at Immanuel Lutheran Home.

She was a devoted wife and mother. She loved children, and after raising her own, babysat for many neighbor children over the years. For a time she worked for the U.S. Forest Service planting trees in the summer months. Besides cooking, baking and sewing, she liked to take pictures and was known far and wide for the buggy-rim rugs she made. She was a devout Christian, and for more than 30 years she and her husband traveled the 60 miles to Creston to attend Sunday school and worship services at Mountain View Mennonite Church.

Survivors include two sons, Lowell Kauffman and his wife, Pauline, of Missoula, and Nathan Kauffman and his wife, Fern, of Condon; two daughters, Myrene Iverson and her husband, Jerry, of Long Lake, Minn., and Carol Kauffman and her husband, Dennis, of Lebanon, Pa.; a brother, Nathan Miller and his wife, Kathryn, of Sidney; a son-in-law, Paul Kauffman of Wolford, N.D.; 19 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben S. Kauffman, a daughter, Gwendlyn Kauffman; an infant son, Jere; five brothers and six sisters.

Services were held at Mountain View Mennonite Church of Creston. Burial was in Creston Cemetery.