She was born April 11, 1909, northeast of Wheaton, one of 11 children of Wilhelm F. and Lena Hinzman Abitz.
Mrs. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton and a past member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at the church.
She was married to Henry W. Kufahl March 28, 1935 near Wheaton. He died December 27, 1987.
Survivors include two daughters, Orlene Krohn, Blaine, and Nila Haefner, Junction City; three sons, Ardell Kufahl, Wheaton, Delbert Kufahl, at home, and Donald Kufahl, Topeka; six sisters, Lydia Schwant, Blaine, Meta Figge, Wheaton, Selma Wegner, Manhattan, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Borderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; two brothers, Almon Abitz, Wheaton, and Chester Abitz, Onaga; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services were at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke's Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
She was born April 11, 1909, northeast of Wheaton, one of 11 children of Wilhelm F. and Lena Hinzman Abitz.
Mrs. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton and a past member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at the church.
She was married to Henry W. Kufahl March 28, 1935 near Wheaton. He died December 27, 1987.
Survivors include two daughters, Orlene Krohn, Blaine, and Nila Haefner, Junction City; three sons, Ardell Kufahl, Wheaton, Delbert Kufahl, at home, and Donald Kufahl, Topeka; six sisters, Lydia Schwant, Blaine, Meta Figge, Wheaton, Selma Wegner, Manhattan, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Borderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; two brothers, Almon Abitz, Wheaton, and Chester Abitz, Onaga; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services were at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke's Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Family Members
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Lydia W. Abitz Schwant
1906–1997
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Meta Marie Abitz Figge
1907–1994
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Martha Sophie Abitz Schwisow
1910–1990
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Selma Helena Abitz Wegner
1912–1998
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Herbert Ferdinand Abitz
1914–1989
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Almon William Abitz
1916–1997
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Ada Frieda Abitz
1917–1998
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Chester Theodore Abitz
1919–2014
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Lavina E. Abitz Vorderstrasse
1921–2013
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Olga Leona "Kitty" Abitz Fairbanks
1923–2016
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