A bit of a personal note for today...
 SELINSGROVE - Elton Roosevelt Kauffman, 75, of 5 Park Ave., went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at his home.
He was born Nov. 9, 1932, on 11th Avenue, Shamokin Dam, a son of the late Raymond and Florence (Bailey) Kauffman. He was born on Election Day and was named after President Roosevelt. On Jan. 4, 1954, he married the former Delores E.R. Blazer, who survives.
He was a 1950 graduate of Selinsgrove High School and served four years in the Air Force during the Korean conflict.
Early in his life, he had been employed at Champ Hats and Tioga Feed Mills, both in Sunbury. He retired in 1997 after 30 years with Weis Markets.
He was a member of Christ Community United Methodist Church, Selinsgrove, where he served as the children's coordinator for 30 years, the Bible school director for 17 years and was the past president of the administrative council. He taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and participated in numerous other church activities.
He was a life member of the Hummels Wharf Fire Company and served on the Hummels Wharf and Selinsgrove Sewer Authority for 25 years.
Elton was an avid hunter and fisherman. He had played baseball for Sampson Air Force Base and for the Shamokin Dam Blue Jays, as well as slow-pitch softball for the Selinsgrove Moose and Plaza House teams. He enjoyed traveling and had visited all 50 states and Japan.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, he is survived by two daughters, Cindy Inch and husband, Jerry, with whom he had a special bond, of Selinsgrove, and Patti John of Bozeman, Mont.; four grandchildren, Tammy Leitzel and husband Jeff of Richfield, Kyley Hoffman and husband Nathan of Mount Pleasant Mills, Jennifer Duncan and husband Jason of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Justin John of Bozeman, Mont.; five great-grandchildren, Trevor, Stefan, Nathaniel and Evan Leitzel, all of Richfield, and Natalie Grace Hoffman of Mount Pleasant Mills; and one sister, Freda Pauline Zerbe of Selinsgrove. He was preceded in death by one sister, Geraldine Baker.
Visitors may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, followed by the funeral at 11, at Christ Community United Methodist Church, Fisher and Park roads, Selinsgrove, with the Rev. Barry C. Robison officiating.
Burial with military honors will be in Shreiner's Cemetery, Selinsgrove.
Contributions may be made in Elton's memory to SUN Home Hospice, 61 Duke St., Northumberland, PA 17857, or to Child Evangelism Fellowship, 318 Cedar St., Middleburg, PA 17842.
Arrangements are by the V.L. Seebold Funeral Home, 601 N. High St., Selinsgrove.
Published in The Daily Item on 10/31/2008
I did not know him long - 5 short years - but it was easy to feel part of the family from day one.
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