John T. Voedisch was born Tuesday, February 17, 1931 in Fargo, North Dakota .
he died Friday, June 4, 2010. his recorded age was 79.
VOEDISCH John T. "Jack" Voedisch, 79, passed away peacefully June 4, 2010 at The Health Center of Friendship Village, Columbus. He was a graduate of St. Louis University Parks College of Aviation and retired from Battelle Columbus Labs in 1991 after 32 years as a mechanical design engineer. Survivors include his brothers, Robert and Richard Voedisch; his sister, Patricia Andrew; his wife of 37 years, Virginia; children, Peter (Diane) Voedisch, Carolyn (Jim) Nye, Stanley (Margaret) Voedisch, Colleen (David) Cothern, Sharon Jeziorski, and Ted Coady; and grandchildren, Matthew and Jason Voedisch, Caitlin Connor, John, Rusty and David Nye, Shauna Jeziorski and Natalie Voedisch. He will also be missed by his little dog Barney. Jack will be interred at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Worthington and a celebration of his life will be held later this summer, with details to be provided to family and friends. To share your own memory of Jack with family and friends, go to memorialwebsites.legacy.com/voedisch.
Jack was born in Fargo, NC and lived in several towns in Minnesota as a child during the outbreak of WWII when his father was commissioned in the US Navy. Jack joined the marching band during high school, beginning a lifelong love professionally (both jazz and classical) to pay his way thorugh college. He retired to Hilton Head, SC where he was a founding member and performer. Jack and Ginni recelty has their last "date" almost 38 years to the day sponsored by the Central Ohio Hot Jazz Society.
Airplanes, both real and flying models were Jack's other lifelong passion. He won championships of the Academy of Model Aeronautics at 19 and built and flew and won several trophies for construction at the annual show of the Watervile Model Airplanes.
In 1998 Jack and Ginni moved to greater Tampa area, but they were never far from Buckeye land.