BioA: Voight, Mr./Mrs. Percy (Gold – 1970)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Voight, Leabel, Mack, Denk, King

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 02 Jul 1970

Voight, Mr./Mrs. Percy (Gold – 28 JUN 1970)

St. Balthasar's Catholic Church, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.) was the scene of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Percy F. Voight on June 28, 1920. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Voight attended mass at the same location, only this time, fifty golden years later, it is St. Anthony's Catholic Church, and their children and their families were with them.

Before her marriage, the former Eleanor (Nora) Leabel was employed at the J.W. Wiric Store in the village. She had lived in Loyal all her life.

Coming to Loyal from Oshkosh in 1914, Mr. Voight was employed in the Voight Hotel for three years, and then at the Christenson Garage. During World War I he was in the service of his country, spending part of the time overseas. He was discharged with the rank of corporal.

On Feb. 14, 1921, he was appointed rural mail carrier on Rt. 1, Loyal. Those were the days of horse-power in winger and ins summer he had a Model-T. At one time he delivered mail with a snowmobile, but that was a distant relative of the current snowmobiles. In 1957 he retired with a total of thirty-seven years as a mail carrier.

During this time he had been active in the Wisconsin Rural Letter Carriers Association and had been the president for two years. He was a charter member of the Loyal Volunteer Fire Department and served as the secretary-treasurer for twelve years. He is the only honorary member who was a charter member.

Mrs. Voight is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and of the Altar Society of St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

After church, they attended a dinner with their children and families at the Star Lodge Motel. The children are Percy A. Voight Jr., Madison; Mrs. Sherrin (Leabel( Mack, Loyal; and Joe and Jon Voight, both of Wausau. Another daughter, Mrs. Frank (Noreen) Denk(?), is deceased.

Also joining them Sunday were his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voight, Zephyr Hills, Fla.; Mrs. Hal Voight, and the very Rev. Norbert E. King, both of Loyal.

Both the Voights enjoy relatively good health. Mr. Voight is active in the preparation for the centennial of the platting of the original village of Loyal to be celebrated in August.