G. Vernon Kauffman

Vernon was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1923. Shortly thereafter he became a life-long resident of Michigan, graduating from Hudson High School where he excelled in academics and achieved All-county honors in basketball.  Shortly after Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the Army.  In 1947 he graduated from Olivet College with degrees in Art and Literature.

For 35 years he was employed by the Michigan Department of Public Health.  In retirement he focused on his painting, Spartan sports, the Meals on Wheels program and the Central UMC homeless support program.  His paintings hang in many places across the America, Ireland and Canada.  He made his transition on November 26, 2021.

He is survived by one brother, the Rev. Ronald Kauffman and his wife Jean of Charlotte, N.C., and numerous nieces and nephews.  He especially enjoyed long relationships with his friends Diane Dockus, Guy and Anne Gallap, Jack and Elinor Miller, Phil Chamberlain and his extended family at Independence Village of East Lansing where he had lived for over 30 years.

The funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2021, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with interment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.  His family will receive friends two hours prior to the funeral service on Friday.  To watch the livestream of the funeral, go to https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/authorise.php?k=1638389132151361.  Online condolences may be left for his family at www.EstesLeadley.com.