Clarence Voigtlander

Clarence Roy Voigtlander was born at home in San Francisco on September 9, 1920 to Frank and Hattie Voigtlander.  He was youngest of his family.

 He attended grammar school in the Portola district of San Francisco until moving to San Anselmo in 1932 to help his aunt Doris Kreuzer run her grocery store.  He completed his elementary education in San Anselmo and graduated from San Rafael High in January 1938.  

He returned to San Francisco to attend Radio Technical School and worked part time as a bartender at the San Francisco Ferry Building during the World Fair of 1940 and 1941.  During a break between the fairs he worked for Western Union digging post holes and erecting poles in conjunction with the construction of the Shasta Dam.

He married Anne Katherine Ohlemutz in San Anselmo at St. Anselm’s Catholic Church on October 11, 1947 living together happily for 55 years. When his wife’s health failed in 2002 they moved to Pawnee City to be closer to George.  Anne died on December 18, 2003.

He is survived by son, George Voigtlander, M.D (Jean),  daughters, Joan Voigtlander and Gail Meehan, J.D (Jim), grandchildren Rob Voigtlander (Rebecca), Maggie Voigtlander-Ojomo (Joshua), Clare Okolotowicz (Pete), John Meehan and Jeff Meehan and great-grandson Rex Voigtlander and step great granddaughters Caroline and Scarlett Fulkerson.

He also worked for the San Anselmo police department as a police officer until he joined the U.S. Navy in July of 1942.  He attended radio school at Oklahoma A&M and then did advanced training in radar at Treasure Island Naval Base in San Francisco Bay. He served on the Destroyer U.S.S. Hermann and the U.S.S. Coos Bay, a light seaplane tender rescuing downed pilots and aviators, removing unexploded ordnance from civilian areas and mine clearing in the South Pacific as well as serving as part of the Japanese occupation force.  He was discharged in October 1945 as a chief radio technician with 3 battle stars.   He then worked for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company first as chief switchman in San Francisco and then as an electrical engineer in the office of chief electrical engineer until retirement.  He moved to Santa Rosa, California where he managed a cooperative rural water company until moving to Pawnee City.

He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers Paul and Frank and sisters Louise and Emma, stepbrother Hugo and stepsister Minnie and numerous nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.

Addendum:  The above is the obituary Clarence wrote.  He also was a member of the St Vincent DePaul Society which provided services to the homeless and poor in San Francisco.  He was commander of his American Legion Post in San Rafael and was involved in the Boy Scout for many years as a Scoutmaster and later District Commissioner.   He enjoyed fishing for salmon on the Pacific Ocean in California and Alaska.

He passed away on February 10, 2017 at Premier Estates of Pawnee City. 

A Private family service will be held  at a later date.  A register book will be available for signing on Monday, February 13, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Wherry Mortuary, 919 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska.  Memorials in lieu of flowers to the Pawnee County Medical Foundation, Pawnee City, Nebraska. 

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