Voth, Alfred H. (1919-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Aug 20 p. 8

Birth date: 1919 Feb 11

text of obituary:

ALFRED H. VOTH

Alfred H. Voth, 88, of Hesston, Kan., died July 26, 2007, in Wichita. He was born Feb. 11, 1919, to Henry F. and Elizabeth Voth on the family farm.

On April 2, 1943, he married Rosella “Rosie” Funk.

He spent four years in Civilian Public Service, one year in Weeping Water, Neb., and three years at Marlboro (N.J.) State Hospital.

He spent most of his years in and around the Hesston area. He and his wife operated the Standard Service station in Heston in the 1960s and 1970s. He was active in Tabor Mennonite Church’s Mennonite Men’s group, the Hesston Lions Club, Mennonite Disaster Service and the Hesston school board.

Survivors include his wife, Rosie; four sons, Dennis of Hesston, Richard of Tulsa, Okla., Kenneth of South Bend, Ind., and Gerald of Walton; a daughter, Diana Hull of Goodyear, Ariz.; a brother, Ernie of Buffalo Mills, Pa.; three sisters, Marna Abrahams of rural Goessel, Norma Martenez of Payson, Ariz., and Lila Harris of Newton; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Tabor Mennonite Church of rural Goessel.