Obit: Voigtlander, Henry P. (1925 - 2012)
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Voigtlander, Awe,
Guyer, Sommers, Syring, Miller
----Source: Marshfield News Herald
(Marshfield, WI) 08/31/2012
Voigtlander, Henry P. (13 JAN 1925 - 29 AUG
2012)
Henry Paul Voigtlander, 87, died on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at
Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana, Ill.
His visitation will be from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, at the Morgan Memorial Home in Savoy. His
funeral service will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, at St. Peter's United
Church of Christ in Champaign. The Rev. Tim Haworth will be officiating. Burial
will take place at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign.
Mr.
Voigtlander was born on Jan. 13, 1925, in Curtiss, Wis., son of Henry Paul
Voigtlander and Elisabeth Awe Voigtlander.
He married Betty Jane Guyer on
June 26, 1954, in Madison, Wis., and she survives.
Also surviving are two
daughters, Carol Lynn Voigtlander and Mary Voigtlander Sommers, and her husband,
Jack Sommers, all three of Tulsa, Okla.; one son, James Paul Voigtlander, and
his wife, Rayla Voigtlander, Champaign; grandchildren, John, Sara, and Katie
Sommers, Tulsa, Okla.; and Rachel, David, Lauren, and Christian Voigtlander,
Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Ellen Voigtlander Syring, Marshfield, Wis.; and
several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one daughter,
Nancy Voigtlander Miller, and one son, David Henry Voigtlander.
Henry
received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1951, and a Master
of Science degree in genetics and animal husbandry, physiology and reproduction
in 1953. He was a specialist in livestock, and earned the American Farmer degree
in 1946. He also won many judging honors on the University of Wisconsin judging
teams, and was the Little International Shearing Champion. After 1954, he was
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service as an Assistant Farm
Advisor for Champaign County, Ill. He also was involved in the 4-H program,
where he coached youth on championship winning livestock teams. He was an
excellent sheep shearer and enjoyed growing up on a dairy farm.
Henry
spent the middle and later years of his life as an insurance agent with
Nationwide Insurance Company, as a 50 year member and Realtor with the Champaign
County Association of Realtors, as a founding member of the Central Illinois
Apartment Association, and as a successful manager and owner of campus rental
property. He enjoyed landlord farming which included the marketing of grain from
his farms.
Mr. Voigtlander was a devoted member, consistory officer, and
past President of St. Peter's United Church of Christ. He was a lifetime member
of the United Church of Christ denomination.
Henry's interests included
going to auctions, welding metal for various projects, attending the National
Apartment Association annual meetings, and supporting various Christian
ministries.
Memorials may be made to St. Peter's United Church of Christ
and the Champaign County 4-H Extension Education Foundation.
Morgan
Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive West, Savoy is handling arrangements.
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