Emily Kaufmann

Emily Kaufmann, 93, of Seneca, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at Pleasant View. Memorial Mass for Emily will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 12, 2013 at St. Patrick's Church of Seneca with Rev. Ray Guthrie officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. prior to Mass at St. Patrick's Church on Saturday. Emily was born August 13, 1919 in LaSalle, Illinois, to Stanley and Louise (Studzinski) Pyszka. She married Lawrence H. Kaufmann on November 21, 1940. He preceded her in death on December 18, 1982. She will always be remembered as a loving and dedicated wife, mother and the ultimate homemaker. She was a member of St. Patrick Parish in Seneca from 1942 to the present. She was an avid sports fan and rarely missed a game that any of her six sons and numerous grandchildren participated in from grade school through college. She and her husband loved to dance and her entire family will always cherish her baking, especially her apple pies and sugar cookies. She loved to attend daily Mass and was always an inspiration to her 120 family members by her strong faith in God. She is survived by two daughters, Sue (James) Aubry and Mary (Greg) Provance; six sons, Carl (Dottie), Ed (Francie), Tom (Leslie), Steve (Kathy), Jack (Patti), and Joe (Cheryl); thirty-two grandchildren; fifty-five great grandchildren; and two sisters, Lorraine Lavery of Wheaton and Connie Bromer of LaSalle. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lawrence; a brother and a sister. Memorials may be directed to St. Patrick Church in Seneca and Pleasant View Lutheran Life Community.