Elaine Melvin (Catto) Kaufman, age 85 and a lifelong Quincy resident, died Friday, Sept. 11.  Mrs. Kaufman was born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School. She worked at Quincy City Hospital and then for the City of Quincy as a teacher’s aide until her retirement. She also was an active member of the Quincy Point Congregational Church for many years. She and her husband volunteered at the Quincy Medical Center and the Quincy Teen Mother’s program for more than 25 years, from which she received a citation for her work.

Mrs. Kaufman was the wife of the late John Kaufman for more than 60 years. She leaves her children, Capt. Ronald M. Kaufman, USN (Ret.) and his wife Mary Finigan Kaufman of Duxbury, and Dr. Maralyn Kaufman David and her husband, Dr. Raymond David of Marshfield and Jersey City, N.J.; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.  She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Mary Ann (Melvin) Catto and sister of the late Alexander Catto and Mary Belle Shattuck.

Visiting hours will be Thursday, Sept.17 from 2-4 p.m. and  7-9 p.m. in the Hamel, Wickens & Troupe Funeral Home, 26 Adams St. Quincy Center.  A funeral service will be held on Friday, Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Quincy Point Congregational Church, 444 Washington St., Quincy.  Burial will follow in the Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy. Donations may be made in her memory to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes.org, or Hospice of  Massachusetts,  hospiceservicesofma.com.