Roy I. Kauffman

Roy I. Kauffman 1911-2009 Funeral service for Roy I. Kauffman, age 98 of Princeton, will be Wednesday, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:30 AM at the Willow Springs Mennonite Church. Rev. Cal Zehr will officiate. Burial will follow in the Willow Springs Mennonite Church Cemetery on Sep 16, 2009. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Norberg Memorial Home. Roy I. Kauffman passed away on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 at his Home in Princeton. He was born on Mar 06, 1911 in Hopedale, IL to Noah Daniel and Katherine (Egli) Kauffman. His family moved to Calhoun County, IA in 1915. Roy contracted Polio in 1916. He graduated from Rockwell City High School in 1929 and then attended a short school term in Hesston, Iowa in 1930. Roy farmed all his life and was on the Farm Bureau Board for ten years. He served on the Tiskilwa School Board for fourteen years. He was an active member of Willow Springs Mennonite Church and served as a church board member and Sunday school teacher. He married Eunice Albrecht on June 1, 1941 in Tiskilwa, IL. He and Eunice farmed in the Rockwell City, Iowa area until 1953 when they moved to rural Tiskilwa where they continued farming until 1980. Eunice died on January 21, 1989. Roy married Helen Kaufmann on February 2, 1991 at the Willow Springs Church in Tiskilwa. They lived in Tiskilwa and Phoenix, Arizona, and more recently in Princeton. Mr. Kauffman in survived by his his wife and two children Susan Kauffman Cater of Princeton and George (Connie) Kauffman of Tiskilwa. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, twelve step-children, twenty six step-grandchildren, and eleven step-great-grandchildren. Surviving as well are two brothers; Dan (Elaine) Kauffman of Boxholm, Iowa and Walt (Norma) Kauffman of Lincoln, Nebraska and two sisters; Grace Nachtigall and Edith Piper both of Iowa City, Iowa. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Eunice Kauffman his first wife, three sisters; Marion Jones, Rose Mason, and Gertrude Powell, one brother Joe Kauffman, and one grandson Paul Cater. Memorials may be directed to Willow Springs Mennonite Church in Tiskilwa.

Roy I. Kauffman

March 6, 1911 - September 12, 2009