Gregory Harlan “Greg” Voss was born Aug. 1, 1951, to Robert and Bonnie (Sohn) Voss in Worthington, Minnesota.
He attended high school at Eldora, Iowa, graduating in 1969. He then went on to attend college at Concordia Teachers College, graduating in 1973, then later earning hisMmaster’s degree at The University of Nebraska in 1982.
On June 19, 1999, Greg was united in marriage to Carla Radford at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. Greg was an excellent science teacher at Seward middle school for 34 years before retiring in 2007. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing, all sports (especially football) puzzles, traveling and wrestling. He watched every episode of M.A.S.H many times.
Greg is survived by his wife, Carla Voss of Seward; sister, Jolene (Richard) Balvanz of Marion, Iowa; children, Tonya (Tony) Martinez of Pueblo, Colorado, Stacy Hinds of Kansas City, Missouri, Jarrod Voss of Kansas City, Missouri, Mindy (Brian) Brose of Bee, and Tyson (Yenni) Schroeder of Seward; grandchildren, Dustin (Cearra) Kruse, Sierra (Joe) Heinrich, Javon Martinez, Gage Martinez, Michaela (Logan) Looney, Hannah Hinds, Cody Brose, Abigail Brose, Keysha (Lee) Stonewall, Austin (Kenna) Forney and Eric Forney; great-randchildren and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Robert and Bonnie Voss; sister, Merilee Voss; and his beloved dog, Luci.
A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Volzke Funeral Home. A memorial service will be Thursday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward with private committal at the Seward Cemetery. The Voss family requests that funeral attendees wear Minnesota Vikings, Nebraska Cornhuskers or Seward Bluejays apparel for the funeral service.
Arrangements by Volzke Funeral Home.
