Abigail Crampton Kaufman

Abigail Abbie Kaufman, 93 passed peacefully at West Marion Community Hospital on Friday, June 14, 2019. Abbie was born on August 23, 1925 in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Katherine and John Crampton. She saw a handsome young man at a USO and remarked to her friend, I am going to marry that man. She married, Arnold Kaufman, on Dec. 27,1947 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They both shared a love of the ocean and spent many weekends on their boat fishing the Gulf Stream. Abbie was a homemaker while her children were growing up. She worked as a receptionist for a medical doctor until she and Arnold moved from North Miami. They settled in Altamonte Springs where Abbie became a realtor. In 2005 she moved to Ocala with her daughter, Karen. She volunteered for twelve years at the front desk at West Marion Community Hospital. Abbie was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Ocala. Abbie was preceded in death by her husband Arnold; her son; Captain Stuart Kaufman, USAF Retired;her parents;her sisters Jane and Muriel; brother John;and Son-in-law Thomas Pellechio. Abbie will be forever remembered by her daughter, Karen Pellechio;grandsonsKristofer and Kenny Kaufman;Great Granddaughters ...[more]

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den and Caroline Kaufman; and her brother Robert Crampton. Karen wishes to thank all the kind, supportive and caring nurses in the ICU at West Marion Hospital. These words cannot describe what a remarkable woman Abbie was.