Celeste (Kudirka) Kauffman, 74, of West Grove, died Tuesday, June 5, at the Chester County Hospital. She was the wife of Charles "Bud" E. Kauffman, Jr., who died in 1999 and with whom she shared 41 years of marriage.
Born in Swoyersville, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Julia (Tressa) Kudirka.
Celeste was an exam coordinator at the American Institute for Insurance Underwriters in Malvern, retiring in 2000, after 20 years of service. After that she was the office manager for her son and son-in-law at Aardvark Pest Control in Aston.
She was a 1956 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Md. and a member of Assumption BVM Church in West Grove, for the past 22 years.
Celeste enjoyed gardening, knitting, reading, attending her grandchildren's sporting events, traveling to Colonial Williamsburg and being with her family and friends.
She is survived by one son, Charles "Skip" Kauffman, III and his wife Nancy of West Chester; four daughters, Caryl Kauffman and her husband David Stouber of Landenberg, Trish Shirilla and her husband Ted of Landenberg, Julie Toombs and her husband Brian of Gilbert, Az. and Mary K. Deitz and her husband John of Landenberg; eleven grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Stephen Kauffman and his wife Shirley of Ellicott City, Md.; her mother-in-law, Catherine Kauffman of Fallston, Md., two nephews and her beloved dogs, Emma and Oscar.
You are invited to visit with her family and friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, at the Assumption BVM Church, 300 State Road in West Grove. Her Memorial Mass will follow. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Kennett Square.
In memory of Celeste, a contribution may be made to a charity of your choice in her name.
Arrangements by the Cleveland & Grieco Funeral Home in Avondale. (Phone: 610-268-2166.)
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