In Memory

Esther Lorene Hinkle (Kauffman) - Class Of 1920

Esther Lorene Hinkle (Kauffman)

Services were Saturday at Horn-Thompson Funeral Home for Esther Lorene Kauffman, 81, formerly of Delphi, who died Thursday, Nov. 3, 1983, at 3 a.m. in Hillcrest Nursing Home, Lafayette. She had been a resident there four years. Born March 13, 1902, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of Burt and Ada Armstrong Hinkle. Her marriage in 1950 in Lafayette was to Elmer F. Kauffman. He died in 1975. Mrs. Kauffman had worked many years in the district office of Prudential Life Insurance Company in Lafayette. She was a member of Central Presbyterian Church and Tri Kappa Sorority, both in Lafayette. Survivors include one nephew, Charles Warrenburg of Lafayette and one niece, Mary Thalmann of Michigan City. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Large and Mary Hinkle. Rev. Ellis Gasser was officiating minister and burial was in Masonic Cemetery. Delphi. Contributions may go to the Delphi Presbyterian Church or Lafayette Central Presbyterian Church.

Delphi Carroll County Comet November 9, 1983