Ronald “Pete” Kaufman

Ronald “Pete” Kaufman, 83 of Connoquenessing passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family.
Born November 24, 1937 in Butler, PA, he was the son of the late Paul I Kaufman and Helen (Walker) Kaufman.
Pete graduated from Butler High School in 1955. He retired from Butler Armco in 1999 as an electrician after more than 30 years of employment.
Pete was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Butler. He was a lifelong member of the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Department, where he held numerous positions and was in charge of the annual Old Fashioned Buckwheat Supper. Pete was an organist for Westminster Presbyterian Church of Butler and St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Connoquenessing. Pete was a member of the Keystone Squares of Butler and impacted many lives as a chaperone/ bus driver of the General Butler Vagabonds Drum and Bugle Corps. Most of all he enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren especially at his camp in Clarion, PA and attending their sporting events and concerts.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Carol S. “Mittie” (Welsh) Kaufman whom he married September 17, 1960; two sons: Douglas Kaufman and his wife Carrie of Mt. Chestnut; Michael Kaufman and his wife Jayni of Renfrew; a daughter Michelle Kovach and her husband Mark of Renfrew; nine grandchildren: Evan, Jacob, Joshua, Anna, Adam and Abby Kaufman, Taylor (Josh) Lawrence, Christian and Cameron Kovach; 3 great grandchildren: Logan Kaufman and Isaiah and Ella Lawrence; a brother Paul LeRoy Kaufman and his wife Theresa of Murrells Inlet, SC.
The family would like to acknowledge Pete’s loving caregivers over the past two years; Nicole Azzarello, Bobbi Marker, Cathy VanDyke, Beth Kuntz, Ashley Fennell, and Good Samaritan Hospice.
There will be no public visitation.
Services will be private at the convenience of the family.
Burial will be at Butler County Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Good Samaritan Hospice or Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Department.
Arrangements are being entrusted to Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, PA 16001.
Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.