Kaufman, Elizabeth Miller (1893-1961)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Oct 5 p. 8

Birth date: 1893 Apr 30

text of obituary:

ELIZABETH MILLER KAUFFMAN [sic KAUFMAN]

Elizabeth Miller Kaufman, daughter of the late John J. and Caroline Waltner Miller, was born near Marion, S. D. on April 30, 1893, and departed to be with her Lord on July 8, 1961 at the age of 68 years, two months and nine days.

In her youth she attended the local public school. She was instructed in the Christian faith and was baptized and became a member of the Salem Mennonite Church near Marion.

She was united in holy wedlock to Peter J. J. Kaufman on May 28, 1912. Together with her husband they farmed near Freeman. Later, they moved on a farm southwest of Marion. They shared joys and sorrows for almost fifty years.

On May 23, 1923 she accepted the Lord as her personal Saviour and presented her body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God. (Romans 12:1.) When the Beulah Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church was organized near Hurley, S. D. she became a charter member of that church. She was a willing worker in the vineyard of the Lord and was a teacher in the Sunday school.

She always tried to serve the Lord to the best of her ability and God blessed her with a beautiful voice she used to sing for the glory of God. She with others sang words of comfort for the sick, aged, and shut-ins. Ministers and missionaries as well as relatives and friends always found a warm welcome in her home.

During the last few weeks of her life upon this earth, her physical body became weaker, but her faith became stronger in the Lord. Our departed sister had a wonderful disposition. To know her was to love her. Her faith was strong and her testimony to the saving and keeping power of the Lord Jesus Christ was clear and definite to the end.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ludwig and Ben, a sister Lena, and three brothers-in-law.

She leaves to mourn her departure: her husband; three brothers, Rudolph, Edward and Clarence, all of near Marion; five sisters, Mary Gering, Ann Gering, Mrs. Jake P. Graber, Mrs. Bernard T. Kaufman, and Mrs. Emil J. Kaufman; a large number of nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends.