Driver, Eva Kauffman (1876-1954)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 May 27 p. 9

Birth date: 1876 Aug 16

text of obituary:

EVA KAUFFMAN DRIVER

Eve Kauffman Driver passed away at the home of her brother and sister, Iris and Elizabeth Kauffman, in Topeka, Ind. May 10, 1954, after an extended illness.

Mrs. Driver was born near Topeka August 16, 1876, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lantz Kauffman. She grew up in this community and at an early age became a member of the Mennonite Church.

For 16 years she served as the Topeka postmistress. Following this she went to Lima, Ohio, where she engaged in city mission work. In 1917 she was married to Rev. Samuel Driver of Lima who preceded her in death in 1927. After the death of her husband, she with their foster daughter, Carol Morton, made their home at Topeka. Carol died in 1942.

Eva, always desirous of serving others, to the exclusion of self, served one summer in voluntary service in a mental hospital at Marlboro, New Jersey.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother and two sisters, Winifred and Nancy. Surviving are Rolla, of Goshen, Iris, Harry, and Elizabeth, of Topeka.