JOHN VOSS
Called By Death.
Death claimed John Voss, the oldest resident of Kiel, early Thursday of last week, at the age of nearly 90 years. Deceased succumbed to the infirmities of old age, which kept him confined to his bed the past few months.
Mr. Voss was born April 4, 1837, at Krempsdorf, Kirchspiel Krempe, Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1860, spending the first few years in different states of the east. In 1862 Mr. Voss came to Wisconsin, locating in the town of New Holstein. In 1867 he purchased a farm in the town of Schleswig, near Kiel, where he lived until 1892, when he rented the farm to his son Theodore, and moved to Kiel, where he has since made his home.
The survivors are two sons and two daughters, Theodore of Schleswig, William of Kiel, Mrs. Wm. Oesau of Chilton, and Mrs. A. W. Freeburg of Pomona, Calif., and one brother, Peter, who resides in Germany.
While he lived here, Mr. Voss made two trips to Germany, to visit relatives in his native country.
Funeral services took place on Saturday afternoon at the Meiselwitz undertaking parlors, with burial in the Kiel cemetery. Emil Meinardus spoke at the obsequies.
Kiel Tri-County Record - December 9, 1926
Called By Death.
Death claimed John Voss, the oldest resident of Kiel, early Thursday of last week, at the age of nearly 90 years. Deceased succumbed to the infirmities of old age, which kept him confined to his bed the past few months.
Mr. Voss was born April 4, 1837, at Krempsdorf, Kirchspiel Krempe, Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1860, spending the first few years in different states of the east. In 1862 Mr. Voss came to Wisconsin, locating in the town of New Holstein. In 1867 he purchased a farm in the town of Schleswig, near Kiel, where he lived until 1892, when he rented the farm to his son Theodore, and moved to Kiel, where he has since made his home.
The survivors are two sons and two daughters, Theodore of Schleswig, William of Kiel, Mrs. Wm. Oesau of Chilton, and Mrs. A. W. Freeburg of Pomona, Calif., and one brother, Peter, who resides in Germany.
While he lived here, Mr. Voss made two trips to Germany, to visit relatives in his native country.
Funeral services took place on Saturday afternoon at the Meiselwitz undertaking parlors, with burial in the Kiel cemetery. Emil Meinardus spoke at the obsequies.
Kiel Tri-County Record - December 9, 1926
JOHN VOSS
Called By Death.
Death claimed John Voss, the oldest resident of Kiel, early Thursday of last week, at the age of nearly 90 years. Deceased succumbed to the infirmities of old age, which kept him confined to his bed the past few months.
Mr. Voss was born April 4, 1837, at Krempsdorf, Kirchspiel Krempe, Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1860, spending the first few years in different states of the east. In 1862 Mr. Voss came to Wisconsin, locating in the town of New Holstein. In 1867 he purchased a farm in the town of Schleswig, near Kiel, where he lived until 1892, when he rented the farm to his son Theodore, and moved to Kiel, where he has since made his home.
The survivors are two sons and two daughters, Theodore of Schleswig, William of Kiel, Mrs. Wm. Oesau of Chilton, and Mrs. A. W. Freeburg of Pomona, Calif., and one brother, Peter, who resides in Germany.
While he lived here, Mr. Voss made two trips to Germany, to visit relatives in his native country.
Funeral services took place on Saturday afternoon at the Meiselwitz undertaking parlors, with burial in the Kiel cemetery. Emil Meinardus spoke at the obsequies.
Kiel Tri-County Record - December 9, 1926
Called By Death.
Death claimed John Voss, the oldest resident of Kiel, early Thursday of last week, at the age of nearly 90 years. Deceased succumbed to the infirmities of old age, which kept him confined to his bed the past few months.
Mr. Voss was born April 4, 1837, at Krempsdorf, Kirchspiel Krempe, Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1860, spending the first few years in different states of the east. In 1862 Mr. Voss came to Wisconsin, locating in the town of New Holstein. In 1867 he purchased a farm in the town of Schleswig, near Kiel, where he lived until 1892, when he rented the farm to his son Theodore, and moved to Kiel, where he has since made his home.
The survivors are two sons and two daughters, Theodore of Schleswig, William of Kiel, Mrs. Wm. Oesau of Chilton, and Mrs. A. W. Freeburg of Pomona, Calif., and one brother, Peter, who resides in Germany.
While he lived here, Mr. Voss made two trips to Germany, to visit relatives in his native country.
Funeral services took place on Saturday afternoon at the Meiselwitz undertaking parlors, with burial in the Kiel cemetery. Emil Meinardus spoke at the obsequies.
Kiel Tri-County Record - December 9, 1926
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