June 16 1933 November 29 2019
Wilber’s Obituary Dr. Wilber Christian Voss, 86, passed away November 29, 2019 at Sunrise of Sabre Springs, and is with our Lord Jesus. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sandra (Bettis) Voss; five children, Chris Voss, Craig Voss (wife Lori), Brenda Oakes, Jennifer Nasser (husband Gordon), and Will Voss; and nine grandchildren, as well as his 2 sisters Della Mae (Voss) Raguse and Marian (Voss) McKay (husband Charlie) and many nephews, nieces. Wilber’s sister Lavina (Voss) Juergensen preceded him in death. Born in a farmhouse in Ellsworth County KS. to Chris and Emma Voss, the third of four children, Wilber attended a one-room school and put himself through college (Kansas State) and medical school (University of Kansas) through doing odd jobs and farming part of his father’s farm. When asked about his motivation, Wilber answered, “driving a tractor and getting sunburn at age 13 was motivation enough.” Never materialistic, Wilber was the consummate family man, and a devoted member and twice president of Fountain-of-Life Lutheran church in Tucson, AZ. He once said that his goal was to put his children through college and take his family on an annual vacation. Wilber more than succeeded. Having not traveled at all or not far from home in his youth, Wilber and Sandra loved traveling around the world and across America. When their children were young, many family trips were centered around visiting national parks and family. Wilber survived many a long drive with six others in a station wagon. A longtime lover of the arts, Wilber said that when he and Sandra arrived in a new city overseas, they would first head to the art museum. They loved going to the Cedar City, UT, Shakespeare Festival every summer. Wilber loved history and once said that had he not made it to medical school he may have gone into history. Always the sports fan, Wilber was a huge supporter of the Arizona Wildcats, having football and basketball season tickets since moving to Tucson in 1970. When he left his beloved Tucson three years ago, giving up his season tickets may have been the most painful event of all. After graduating from medical school, Willber joined the U.S. Air Force and served for 10 years, before joining the Arizona Air Guard where he served for 20 years, retiring as a Bird Colonel. After leaving the Air Force, Wilber moved from Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, AL, to Tucson, where he joined Thomas-Davis Clinic. He served a term as president of the 140-member clinic, as well as CEO of the Thomas-Davis owned Intergroup HMO; retiring in 1995 Wilber was truly a renaissance man. He was always patient, had a wonderful sense of humor, never gave unsolicited advice, never imposed his beliefs on anyone, and tried to always give a kind word. He was loved by all and will be dearly missed. Wilber’s remains will be cremated and a memorial service will be scheduled at a future time. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the National Parks Conservation Association www.npca.org/give/memorial-tribute-giving or the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod www.lcms.org/givenow/LCMS . Read More
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Wilber C Voss June 16 1933 November 29 2019.
Death notice for the town of: Poway, state: California