Kauffman, Malinda B. Kurtz (1893-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Dec 26 p. 11

Birth date: 1893 Apr 6

text of obituary:

MALINDA B. KAUFFMAN

Malinda B. Kauffman, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Mast) Kurtz, was born near Morgantown, Pa. on April 6, 1893. She peacefully left this world the evening of April 28, 1974, at her home near Atglen, Pa. where she had lived the past 49 years. She was 81.

She was baptized on Sept. 19, 1909 at the Conestoga Mennonite Church by Bishop Gideon Stoltzfus.

She was married to John E. Kauffman at the Conestoga Church on Jan. 9, 1909 by Bishop John S. Mast, her uncle. They lived together over 55 years.

She is survived by her husband and five children. Two children died in infancy. The children are Martha at home; Benjamin, Cochranville; Timothy, Atglen; John K., Denville, N. J.; and Mary K., wife of Luke Martin, Saigon, Vietnam. There are 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Also surviving are the following brothers and sister; Christian, Ira, and Anna, wife of Levi Beiler, all of Morgantown, Harvey of Elverson, Jacob of Fleetwood, and Joseph of Narvon.

She was her husband's proof reader for Mennonite Weekly Review correspondence. She was a Sunday school teacher for many years and an active member of the Maple Grove Sewing Circle. For a number of terms she assisted in the Tennessee Bible School, held in a tent which served also as their home. Through the years she helped her husband in the new congregations that were started at Coatesville, Parkesburg, Norma, N. J., and then Sandy Hill.

On Sunday morning, April 28, she was at Sandy Hill in the morning service and when asked how she was, she said to someone that she was feeling good. She then prepared her last dinner and supper. She had planned to attend the meeting at the relief sale tent in Morgantown where 80 men were to sing. After supper she said she did not feel well, and in about an hour she was gone.

The funeral was held at the Millwood Church, and she was buried in the adjoining cemetery. The services were conducted by Herman Glick and Clair Umble.