Obit of Kauffman, Emery (k155) - Texas County, Oklahoma

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Emery Kauffman

PERRYTON - Emery Kauffman, 90, of Hesston, Kan., and a former Perryton 
resident, died Monday, Oct. 5, 1998.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Perryton Mennonite Church with the 
Rev. Darwin Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by 
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.

Mr. Kauffman was born in Cass County, Mo. He lived in Guymon, Okla., and 
then lived in Perryton from 1940 until 1994 when he moved to Hesston. He 
was employed as a cement contractor.

Mr. Kauffman was a member of the Mennonite Church in Hesston. He was on 
the church board and was a deacon for many years. He also was the 
Mennonite disaster chairman.

He married Sadie Oswald in 1983. He was preceded in death in 1982 by his 
first wife, Mary Oswald, who he married in 1933.

Survivors include his wife; five sons, Clifford Kauffman of Harrah, Okla., 
Joe Kauffman of Jackson, Minn., Jim Kauffman of Newton, Kan., Paul 
Kauffman of Lewisville and Dan Kauffman of Marble Falls; three brothers, 
Edward Kauffman of Phoenix, Sam Kauffman of Enid, Okla., and John Kauffman 
of Guymon; four sisters, Effie Sweigart of Booker, Ruth Rhodes of Guymon, 
Mabel Reith of Woodward, Okla., and Lulu Johnson of Perryton; 13 
grandchildren; and 25 greatgrandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Mennonite Church Aide, 2821 S. Ash, 
Perryton, TX 79070.

Amarillo Globe  News 7 Oct 1998
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