Kauffman, Ora S. (1874-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Apr 3 p. 11

Birth date: 1874 Oct 28

text of obituary:

Resident of Goshen Dies at Age 100

Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Ora S. Kauffman, Goshen centenarian, were held March 25 at the Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church, Middlebury, with Rev. Floyd Quenzer officiating.

Mr. Kauffman died March 24 at the Greencroft Nursing Center, Goshen, where he had been a patient the past year.

A retired farmer, he was born Oct. 28, 1874 in Elkhart County. His wife was the former Ida Beachy, who died in 1956. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Reuben Diener of Greencroft Villa, Mrs. Fern Troyer of LaGrange, and Mrs. Vern Bloss of Waco, Tex.; a son, Paul, of Elkhart; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.