Ruby F. Kaufmann
April 11, 1925 - December 7, 2008

Ruby F. Kaufmann WILTON, Iowa - Ruby F. Kaufmann, 83, of Wilton, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at Unity Health Systems Hospital in Muscatine. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. Serving as casketbearers will be Tricia Ford, Melissa Kissell, Bob Kaufmann, Brandon Kaufmann, Jacob Kaufmann, Jeremiah Kaufmann, John Kaufmann and Joseph Kaufmann. Honorary pallbearers will be Angela Kraklio, Heather Achor, Ron Ehresman, Ben Brown, Marcus Hora, Jim Kress, Albert Walton and Vernon Walton. Interment will be at the Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at the Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton and one hour prior to service, church. Memorials may be made to Wilton First Responders in her memory. Ruby was born on April 11, 1925, to Howard and Lillian Shadle Whitmer in Cedar County. She married Freeman H. Kaufmann on February 24, 1945, in Killeen, Texas. She graduated from White Pigeon Country School in 1939 and the Wilton High School in 1943. Prior to her marriage she worked for Jim Loper at the Muscatine County Extension Service. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. She was an active volunteer in her community. She enjoyed playing cards and shuffleboard, walking and visiting family. She and Freeman spent 26 winters in the south, most recently in Zephyrhills, Florida. Most of all, she loved being a wife, a mom and a grandma. She is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband, Freeman Kaufmann of Wilton; her sons, Harry Kaufmann and wife, Kathy, of Moscow, Steve Kaufmann of Wilton and Jeff Kaufmann and wife, Vicki, of Wilton; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Donald Whitmer and wife, Karen, of Reeds Spring, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Robert Kaufmann; a daughter, Diane Kay Kaufmann; a grandson, Curtis Kaufmann; a sister, Dorothy Beaver; and brothers, Moses, Harold Bud, Hilbert Hib, Herbert Hub and James Whitmer.

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