Ronald Lee Voshell

1948 - 2018

OELWEIN - Ronald L. Voshell, 70, of Oelwein, Iowa died Friday evening, Oct. 5, 2018 at his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein with Father Ray Atwood officiating. Interment will be Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein with military honors by the Ross Reid American Legion Post 9 Honor Guard of Oelwein.
Friends may visit from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein. There will be a 3:30 p.m. rosary service and a 7 p.m. parish scripture service Monday at the funeral home.
A memorial fund has been established in his name.
Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com
Ronald Lee Voshell was born April 26, 1948 in Oelwein, the son of Wesley and Myrtle Ione (Wilson) Voshell. He graduated from Oelwein Community High School in the class of 1966. Ron proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Ron was united in marriage to Barbara Jean Scholbrock on Feb. 15, 1972 in Oelwein. He worked for Central Transit in Oelwein, at John Deere Tractor Works and Foundry in Waterloo from October of 1973 to 2000 and then at the Oelwein Daily Register printing and mailroom, retiring in 2015. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the U.A.W. Local #638 in Waterloo. He enjoyed tinkering with his 1948 Plymouth and his 1967 Mustang.
Ron is survived by his wife Barb Voshell of Oelwein; 3 children: Shawn (Jean) Voshell of Des Moines, Lawrence (Luci) Voshell of Swan, and Nicole Littlefield (Chris Weber) of Waterloo; 4 grandchildren: Amelia, Zoe, Brent and Owen; and 3 sisters: Billie (Chuck) Smith of Arlington, Vicki (Joe) Villa of West Union and Nancy Bass of Pella.
Ron is preceded in death by his parents; 3 sisters: Mary Holtzman, Pat Cirksena and Kathy Hinkel; and a brother: Lawrence Voshell.