Edward J Voth

Male 1914 - 2009  (95 years)


 

Voth, Edward J

The Newton Kansan

Edward J. Voth

BUHLER - Edward J. Voth, 95, passed away Saturday (Aug. 15, 2009) at Pleasant View Home in Inman.

He was born on March 9, 1914, in Plains, the son of Henry and Mary Janzen Voth.

He graduated from Bethel College with a degree in physics. He started the Garden City Junior College football and track programs, where he coached for several years. He had worked for Kaiser Frazier Car Dealership in Newton, then was the owner/operator of Ed Voth Motors in Newton, which was a Lincoln Mercury dealership.

He was a past member of the Buhler Kiwanis and the Newton Lions Club. He was a member of Buhler Mennonite Church.

On Aug. 18, 1940, he married Ruth Roth in Whitewater. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, James and wife, Barbara, of Buhler, and Mark and wife, Rebecca, of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Suzanne Lara of Lawrence and Sally Company of Lawrence; one brother, Eldon and wife, Lois, of Hutchinson; three sisters, Rosella Tracy and husband, Ted, of Wichita, Ann Bell and husband, Gaines, of El Dorado, and Helen Reynolds and husband, Gene, of Overland Park; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, Herman, Arnold, Leonard and Wilmer, and one sister, Leona Unruh.

Private family graveside services have taken place. A memorial service will be conducted at a later date.

Memorials may be sent to Buhler Sunshine Home, Pleasant View Home, Hospice Care of Kansas or Child Evangelism Fellowship in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main St., P.O. Box 589, Buhler, KS 67522.


Owner/SourceHarvey County Genealogical Society
Date17 Aug 2009
Linked toEdward J Voth




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