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Ida J. Kauffman 1938-2026

ORWELL -- Ida Jean Mast Kauffman, 88, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at her daughter's home in Rome.

She was born April 9, 1938, in Huntsburg, a daughter of Eli and Amanda Yoder Mast.

She was a member of the Old Order Amish Church.

Survivors include her children, Marie Ann Yoder, Samuel Kauffman, David Lee Kauffman, Albert Wayne Kauffman, Laura Mae Miller, and Linda Sue Miller; 25 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four brothers; and one sister.

Ida was preceded in death by her husband, Albert J. Kauffman; one grandchild; one great-grandchild; three brothers; and four sisters.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, at 10119 Creaser Road, Orwell, where visitation will be anytime until the morning of the service.

Interment will be in Clover Hill Cemetery, North Bloomfield.

Arrangements were by Best Funeral Home, Middlefield.

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