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Surnames: NELSON, KAUFFMAN, CLODFELTER, STEIN, SUCKLING, KUAFFMAN, DAVIS
Classification: Obituary
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Alma NELSON - Shipshewana, age 91, died at 8:15 p.m. Thursday (March 30, 1995) in
Hendricks Community Hospital in Danville. She was admitted to the hospital two days ago
and had been in ill health. She was born March 14, 1904, in Clarksville, Mich. She lived
most of her life in Shipshewana and, as Alma KAUFFMAN, she married Dewey NELSON on Oct.
28, 1926. He died Aug. 1, 1991. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gene (Phyllis)
CLODFELTER of Roachdale and Carol E. NELSON of Shipshewana; three sisters, Dorothy
KAUFFMAN of Hastings, Mich., Rita STEIN of Grand Rapids, Mich. and Bernice SUCKLING of
Livermore, Calif,; three brothers, Clarence KAUFFMAN of Seattle, Wash., Truman KUAFFMAN
(sic) of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Roy KAUFFMAN of Lake Odessa, Mich.; seven grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren. One
daughter, Shirley DAVIS, and one brother, Ralph, are deceased. Friends may call from 4 to
8 p.m. Saturday at Miller F!
uneral Home in Middlebury. Friends also may call fro one hour prior to the 1:30 p.m.
Sunday funeral service at Shipshewana United Methodist Church. The Rev. James Beckley
will officiate. Burial will be in Shore Cemetery in Shipshewana. Mrs. NELSON, a retired
school teacher and homemaker, had lived with her daughter, Phyllis CLODFELTER in Roachdale
for the past year. She attended Central Michigan Norm School for two years and was a
member of Shipshewana United Methodist Book Guild and the Mary and Martha Circle of the
church. Memorials may be given to the Shipshewana United Methodist Church. source:
undated newspaper (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection) Note: The surname of
Kauffman is also spelled Kuaffman in the obituary, therefore both spellings are included
in the surname bar.