Paying Tribute
This page is dedicated to very people who have been a blessing to others. Being on this page indicates that either they or someone who has placed them here will help Sponsor a Boy in a significant way.
Help
us Honor Adeline Kaufman’s Memory!
Who is Adeline, or what is there to celebrate, you might ask?
Adeline Kaufman is the Grandmother of Ken Ortman, Director of LUC Boys Ranch. His birth was the event, which first made her a grandmother! She is a mother to six children (five living), 24 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
You might not think that a woman who had lived her 100 years on farms in South Dakota may not have had a great impact on the world, but check out the facts. First, she has had a positive influence on her descendants and people in her community. Secondly, she has over the years also supported a number of children in the Compassion International Program, and she is a regular correspondent and prayer supporter to two missionary couples serving in Japan and Africa over a period of years. Thirdly, and most importantly to this ministry, she and her late husband, Harry, were among the first to encourage Ken and Sheila Ortman in this endeavor to help troubled boys rebuild their lives. They stood behind us in their encouragement, prayer, and financial support. Adeline Kaufman has been a part of this ministry for over 20 years. She has chosen to support boys whose families couldn’t help with the costs of care.
She loved quilting, and then she gave pieces of her love away as she presented quilts to family members, a very generous gesture when one realizes how much time and effort goes into a pieced quilt. Many memories were also shared as different family members remember a piece of material coming from a certain garment worn. Later on in her life, she even convinced her husband of 59 years to assist her in cutting blocks. Each of her children was given two quilts and each of her 24 grandchildren received one.
But generosity and effort did not end there. Over the last 20 years she also pieced simple tops for dozens of comforters, which were sent via Mennonite Central Committee to needy people in overseas countries. Many of these were done while she is in a retirement home and while she experiences pain. Still, she sits at her sewing machine and helps others, as she is able.
Because LUC Boys Ranch has a special place in her heart, she blessed us by making a quilt. This quilt was one of the last ones made by her, through the help of those in her church, who helped with the final assembling of it. Even though this quilt is very precious to us, because it is one of the special ways in which she demonstrated her love, it will be sold this year to the highest bidder and the funds raised will go to support a boy, which is dear to her heart! Adeline knows that the works done on earth, those of helping to win a life to Christ will bear fruits for eternity!
If you would like to be a part of this celebration, you can donate funds towards helping a boy in Adeline Kaufman’s honor or you can send in your bid on the quilt. The person with the highest bid received by her 101st Birthday will become the proud owner of the quilt. To send in a bid, write: Adeline Kaufman quilt and send us the amount you wish to pay, the date, and your full name and address. You can send it either by letter or email. The funds again raised will go to sponsor a boy.
