Voth, Arthur Alvin (1920-2003)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2003 May 23 p. 2

Birth date: 1920 Oct 27

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jul 14 p. 12

text of obituary:

ARTHUR A. VOTH

Arthur Alvin Voth, 82, of Landis Homes Retirement Community of Lititz, Pa., and formerly of Akron, died May 22, 2003, at Ephrata Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 27, 1920, to Jacob F. and Susan Bergen Voth in Newton, Kan.

After graduating from Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., he moved to Akron in 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he worked in Europe for Mennonite Central Committee in the resettlement of war refugees.

He married Anna Mae Gross on Jan. 2, 1949.

He was a travel agent for 33 years for Menno Travel Service in Ephrata.

After retirement, he volunteered with Meals on Wheels, with the Mennonite Information Center of Lancaster and the General Store at Landis Homes.

He was a member of Akron Mennonite Church, where he served on many committees.

He was a board member of Cross Roads Community Service in North Philadelphia and Tabor Community Services, and he was a deacon at Bethel Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae; two daughters, Susan Elaine Voth of Ephrata and Sandy Horst and her husband, Phil, of Lancaster; a sister, Helen Schmidt of Goessel, Kan.; and two grandsons.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cindy Voth.