Robert "Bob" Anthony Kaufman's Obituary
Robert "Bob" Anthony Kaufman, 79 of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed from this life on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at his daughters home in Bixby, Oklahoma with family by his side. He was born July 9, 1940 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to his parents, Anthony Kaufman and Bonnie Marie Denton Kaufman. He was raised by his beloved grandmother, Anna Denton.
Bob graduated from Tahlequah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1959. He later moved his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he started his career in the lumber industry. Bob retired from Cedar Creek Lumber Company after many years and leaves behind a host of colleagues and friends.
Bob is survived by his two daughters, Kim Duffy and her husband Jim of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Pam Case and her husband Chuck of Bixby, Oklahoma; their mother, Mary Beth Scott; two grandsons, Charlie Case of Bixby, Oklahoma and James Duffy of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; two nephews, Bob Chaffin and his wife Keri and Jim Chaffin and his wife Phyllis; two grand nephews, Chris and Trey Chaffin; one grand niece, Emily Chaffin; a cousin, Benny Denton and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anthony and Bonnie Kaufman; grandmother, Anna Denton; sister, Jeanne Marie Chaffin and half-brother David Maxwell.
Our most humble and kind Dad and Papa will be greatly missed.
A graveside memorial will be held at a later date.
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