Celesta Ellen Kaufman

1881 - 1970  (89 years)

• Name	Celesta Ellen Kaufman
  Born	31 Jan 1881	near, Amboy, Miami, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Celesta Ellen Lichti
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24711
  Died	13 Jul 1970	Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I24711	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob J. Kaufman,   b. Abt 1850, of, Amboy, Miami, Indiana, USA ,   d. Aft 1940  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Mother	Sarah Troyer,   b. Abt 1850, of, Amboy, Miami, Indiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F25643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian S. Lichti,   b. 26 Jul 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1940, Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1903	Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA
  Children	1. Neoda Lichti,   b. Abt 1903, Of, Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Grace Lichti,   b. Abt 1907, Of, New Meadows, Adams, Idaho, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lydia Lichti,   b. Abt 1908, Of, Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Delta Lichti,   b. Abt 1910, Of, Archbold, Fulton, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Delsie Lichti,   b. Abt 1912, Of, Archbold, Fulton, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F6225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lichti, Celesta Ellen, daughter of Jacob J. and Sarah (Troyer) Kauffman, was born near Amboy, Ind., Jan. 31, 1881; died at the Fillmore Community Hospital, Geneva, Neb., July 13, 1970; aged 89 y. 5 m. 12 d. On Jan. 1, 1903, she was married to Christian S. Lichti, who died in 1940. Surviving are 5 daughters (Grace - Mrs. Albert Schiffler, Neoda - Mrs. Edward Kennel, Lydia - Mrs. Wesley Schiffler, Delsie - Mrs. Kenneth Maddock, and Mrs. Delta Klopfenstein), 13 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, one brother (Jonas Kauffman), and 5 sisters (Mrs. Dan Slatter, Mrs. Sumner Musser, Mrs. William Weaver, Mrs. Pete Slatter, and Mrs. Lee Stepp). She was a member of the Salem Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held July 16, with Lee Schlegel and Albert Gaeddert officiating; interment in the nearby cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume LXIII, Number 32 - August 18, 1970, p. 691, 692

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 18, 1970 - Obituary of Celesta Ellen Kaufman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jan 1881 - near, Amboy, Miami, Indiana, USA Married - 1 Jan 1903 - Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA Died - 13 Jul 1970 - Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, USA  = Link to Google Earth