Dale Voss, 76, of Sauk Rapids
Dale L. Voss, 76, of Sauk Rapids, passed away Friday, Dec. 20 at St. Cloud Hospital surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 27 at Salem Lutheran Church, St. Cloud.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Sauk Rapids.
Dale Leonard Voss was born Jan. 13, 1943, in Glencoe to Leonard and Helen (Brelje) Voss. While in high school, Dale was a member of 4-H and raised blue ribbon steers, sheep and did other 4-H projects. Mr. Voss graduated from the Glencoe High School in 1960. After graduation, he worked for Dubisar Bros. Constuction, Behren’s Cabinets, Lester’s Inc., Bongard’s Cheese and Suburban Cabinets. He also had his own cabinet shop at his home in Glencoe.
Dale married Sharon Schrupp in May of 1965, together they had three boys, Ryan, Keven and Michael. They later divorced. Mr. Voss lived in the Glencoe area until 1984 when he moved to the St. Cloud area. After moving to the St. Cloud area, Dale built cabinets in the garage at his home. He also worked as a night supervisor at Design Line Cabinets. Dale married Diana (Schmidtbauer) Koenig Dec. 11, 1987 and became stepfather to her three boys from her first marriage, Corey, Chad and Kyle. He treated them as his own. He and Diana had two boys together, Shawn and Jason.
Dale and Diana also had a cabinet shop at their home they ran together known as Popple Creek Cabinets. Mr. Voss built many cabinets for 50 years. He was also very proud of being sober for over 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Diana; children, Ryan (Nikki) Voss, Keven (Elle) Voss, Mike (Jennifer) Voss, Shawn (Katie) Voss, Jason (Carol) Voss, Corey (Tina) Koenig, Chad (Connie) Koenig, Kyle (Lisa) Koenig; nine grandchildren, Mitchell, Alaina Rene, Luke, Zachary, Alison, Adam, Jacob, Alainna Marie, Eleanor and a 10th grandchild expected in April; sister, Karen Knechtges; friend, Sally Rickerman and many other relatives.
Mr. Voss was preceded in death by his parents, mother and father-in-law, Eleanor and Leo Schmidtbauer, former wife, Sharon; brother-in-law, Vinton Knechtges II and many other aunts, uncles and relatives.
The Benson Funeral Home of St. Cloud handled the arrangements. Its website is www.bensonfuneralhome.com where obituaries are located.
