FORT ASHBY, W.Va. - Lydia Ann (Dawson) Kauffman, 68, Fort Ashby, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991, at Cumberland (Md.) Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Sept. 18, 1923* in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Maude (Riley) Dawson. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Donald Kenney. Mrs. Kauffman was a buyer for Grant’s Department Store. She retired from the Mineral County Board of Education where she was director of the Adult Basic Education Program at the Mineral County Vo-Tech Center in Keyser. She was a member of McKinley Chapter 12, Order of the Eastern Star, Cumberland, and Gold Star Wives of America. Survivors include her former husband, Richard W. Kauffman Sr., Fort Ashby; two sons, Richard W. Kauffman Jr., Fort Ashby; and James T. Kauffman, Keyser; one brother, Lester Dawson, Coatesville, Pa.; two sisters, Mary Weaver, Cresaptown, Md.; and Pearl Barnes, Cumberland; and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, Cumberland. Services will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Johnny Kelly. Interment will be in the Fort Ashby Cemetery. Published in The Cumberland (Md.) Times-News, Friday, September 27, 1991 [*Note date discrepancy]
FORT ASHBY, W.Va. - Lydia Ann (Dawson) Kauffman, 68, Fort Ashby, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991, at Cumberland (Md.) Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Sept. 18, 1923* in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Maude (Riley) Dawson. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Donald Kenney. Mrs. Kauffman was a buyer for Grant’s Department Store. She retired from the Mineral County Board of Education where she was director of the Adult Basic Education Program at the Mineral County Vo-Tech Center in Keyser. She was a member of McKinley Chapter 12, Order of the Eastern Star, Cumberland, and Gold Star Wives of America. Survivors include her former husband, Richard W. Kauffman Sr., Fort Ashby; two sons, Richard W. Kauffman Jr., Fort Ashby; and James T. Kauffman, Keyser; one brother, Lester Dawson, Coatesville, Pa.; two sisters, Mary Weaver, Cresaptown, Md.; and Pearl Barnes, Cumberland; and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, Cumberland. Services will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Johnny Kelly. Interment will be in the Fort Ashby Cemetery. Published in The Cumberland (Md.) Times-News, Friday, September 27, 1991 [*Note date discrepancy]
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