----Source: Tribune-Record Gleaner (Clark County, WI) 05/01/2002
 

Voigt, Russell E. (28 DEC 1916 - 26 APR 2002)

Russell E. Voigt, 85, Marshfield, formerly of Chili, Clark County, died on Friday, April 26, 2002, at his home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 29, at Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal. The Rev. Daniel Zimmerman officiated. Burial was in the Chili United Methodist Cemetery, town of Fremont. Pallbearers were Mike Voigt, Mark Voigt, Dan Hebert, Steve Voigt, Russell Voigt and Debbie Hebert.

Russell Edwin Voigt was born on Dec. 28, 1916, in Dolliver, Iowa, to Otto and Gertrude (nee Priebe) Voigt.  He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Toapi, Minn. He married LaVonne Severson on Oct. 1, 1936, in Austin, Minn. They farmed in Adams, Minn., until 1955, and then moved to Ostrander, Minn., and farmed until 1962. They then moved to Lime Springs, Iowa, and farmed there until moving to Chili in 1979. He continued to farm in the Chili area until 1999. He then moved to Marshfield, where he resided until the time of his death. His interests included going to sale barns and buying cattle.

Survivors include three sons, Lester (Diane) Voigt, Lime Springs, Iowa, Gary Voigt, La Crosse, and Delbert (Mary) Voigt, Loyal nine grandchildren 17 great-grandchildren one great-great-grandchild two brothers, Leonard (Ruby) Voigt, Preston, Minn., and Ray (Evelyn) Voigt, Toapi, Minn. one sister-in-law, Marcelle Voigt, Toapi, Minn. and one brother-in-law, William Steuberg.

Preceding him in death were his parents his wife, LaVonne, on Jan. 7, 1987 two sons, Roger, in 1972, and Keith, in infancy in 1948 one brother, Ralph Voigt and
one sister, Emma Olson.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, assisted the family with arrangements.