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Kaufman, Larry Keith (1935-1956)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Jun 28 p. 1
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text of obituary:
LARRY KAUFMAN OF McPHERSON WAS SERVING ON CONGO MISSION FIELD
A cable received June 22 brought to the Board of Missions office in Newton the tragic news of the drowning of Larry Kaufman on June 20 near Charlesville, Cong, Africa. information to date is very limited.
A letter from Fremont Regier, his friend and co-worker, mailed June 17, states that the two friends, with Glen Rocke, were planning to take a boat trip from Charlesville down the Kasai river to Port Franqui. Further details are not available except a cable received June 25 which states that memorial services were held in Congo on June 23 and 24, and that efforts to recover the body were continuing.
Larry and Fremont Regier were performing their alternative service under Pax in Congo. they have given an excellent account of themselves so that the missionary staff there asked for additional Pax workers of this spirit and calibre. Fremont's letter referred to above closes: "We love it here more each day. We can never tank you enough for the help you gave us to get here." Larry's last letter to his parents closed with this thoughtful postscript: "All things work together for good to them that love God" (Romans 8:28).
Mission friends remember Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Kaufman, Larry's parents of Windom, Kansas, with deepest sympathy. This includes in a special way also Larry's fiance, Charlotte Graber, who with hm was planning to enter mission service.
Memorial services for Larry are planned in his home church, the First Mennonite Church of McPherson, Kansas on Sunday, July 1, at 3:00 p.m.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Jun 5 p. 3
The Mennonite obituary: 1956 Jul 10 p. 437
