Joseph Bernard Voeller (1902 - 1982)

Born 22 May 1902 in Roscoe, Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States

Husband of Barbara (Hienrich) Voeller — married 29 Dec 1929 in Roscoe, Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States

Descendants

Died 21 May 1982 at age 79 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Joseph was born in 1902. His mother passed away when he was a child and he was raised by his father and stepmother.

Religion - Catholic

Employment - Farm Hand, Laborer, Painter

Ancestry - German Russian

Education - 8th grade

Obituary

Joe B. Voeller, 79, of 2323 Bellwood Drive died early Friday at a local hospital. Services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Robert Foster will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-8 p.m. at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with a rosary at 7.

Mr. Voeller was born May 22, 1902, at Roscoe, S.D., the son of John and Elizabeth Minzer Voeller. He grew up and received his education in the Roscoe area. He married Barbara Heinrich on Dec. 29, 1929, at Roscoe. They farmed in that area and in the Aberdeen, S.D., area until 1950 when he became a self-employed painter. He retired four years ago. Lately he had been a resident of Grand Island. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral parish.

Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Roy (Genevieve) Fredrickson of Grand Island; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Joe (Eva) McManus and Mrs. Rose Lingor, both of Grandview, Wash.; two half-brothers, Tony of Aberdeen, S.D., and Connie of Grandview, Wash., and two half-sisters, Josephine of Nebraska and Elizabeth of Grandview, Wash. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

-- Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent May 1982

Sources

• "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHT-782 : 5 August 2017), Joe Voller; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,283,984.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V19J-P2V : 15 March 2018), Joe Voeller, Hillside Township, Edmunds, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-15, sheet 1B, line 61, family 9, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3855
• "South Dakota State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P87-XT2 : 14 November 2014), Joe Voeller, Aberdeen Ward 21-1, Brown, South Dakota; citing p. 629, State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,372,183.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138205545/joseph-voeller

Acknowledgements

Thank you to diaNEB (#47466150) on findagrave.com for the obituary.