Alphonse Emil Kaufmann

KAUFMANN, KEARNEY, PFIFFNER

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 3/30/2015 at 23:33:02

AL. KAUFMANN IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
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CUSTODIAN OF COURT HOUSE
FOR TWENTY YEARS
DIES
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HAD BEEN ILL ONLY A FEW WEEKS
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At Mercy Hospital for the Past
Week – Funeral Friday
Morning

Alphonse Emil Kaufmann, for 20 years custodian of the court house, died at Mercy Hospital on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock after a few weeks illness. He was removed from his home to the hospital a week ago in the realization that his condition was critical and in the hope that he might so far improve in health as to admit an operation but the hope was in vain.

The deceased was the son of the late Andrew and Kathryn Pfiffner Kaufmann, early settlers of Dubuque. He was a widower, his wife preceding him in death 21 years ago. She was Mary Ann Kearney, and was married on November 22, 1892. The surviving members of the family are Leo A., Clement J., Sylvia M., Gertrude M., and Alphonse Jr. Kaufmann, all residing in Dubuque, and two brothers, Robert and Andrew, also of Dubuque. He was a member of several organizations, among them the St. Aloysius Society, the Knights of Columbus and the Woodmen of the World. The funeral will be held on Friday morning at 9 o'clock from the residence, 568 Seminary Street, to St. Patrick's Church and thence to Mt. Calvary.

Expressions of regret at the passing of Alphonse Kaufmann were general and sincere among the officials at the court house as, indeed, they were wherever he was known. His faithful service of twenty years, coupled with his fine character, made his tenure of public place secure from the changed of politics.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 11, 1924