BioA: Kauffman, Mr./Mrs. Wesley (60^th - 1954) 

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Surnames: Kauffman, Olson, Jensen, Gurney, Fleischman, Van Sleet, Frome, Kilty, Fosnow, Henthorne, Bolint 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 10/07/1954 
 

Kauffman, Mr./Mrs. Wesley (60^th Anniv. - 4 Oct. 1954) 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kauffman were married 60 years Oct. 4. On Saturday, the occasion was celebrated when the children and other relatives were here for open house. Friends called during the afternoon and evening. 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman received many lovely gifts and cards. There were two large wedding cakes, gladioli, carnations, and potted mums. Mrs. Elmer Jensen and Mrs. Dorothy Olson, of Unity, sang several selections and Mrs. Jensen gave a prayer. 
 

For the occasion, Mrs. Kauffman was presented with a corsage of pink carnations by her children and Mr. Kauffman had a boutonniere. 
 

They were married Oct. 4, 1894, in the town of Akau, Richland county, and have been residents of Clark county since 1905. 
 

Their five children were here for the celebration: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kauffman, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kauffman, Unity; Mr. and Mrs. George (Alma) Gurney, Neillsville; Mr. and Mrs. Don Kauffman and Mr. and Mrs. Joe (Elsie) Fleischman, Abbotsford. Mrs. Kauffman, one of a family of 12 children, has one sister and one brother living. Mr. Kauffman is the last of his family. 
 

Of their 17 grand children, those present included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Van Sleet and Allan Kauffman, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Frome, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kilty and family and Bobby Kauffman, Unity. There are 14 great grand children. 
 

Mrs. Mabel Fosnow, Minneapolis, and two nieces of Mrs. Kauffman, Mrs. Henry Henthorne, Soldiers Grove, and Mr. and Mrs. John Bolint, Hillsboro, also attended the celebration.