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Floyd G Vosters

Male 1922 - 2010  (87 years)


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  • Name Floyd G Vosters 
    Born 23 Oct 1922  Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Mar 2010  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44120  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 8 May 2015 

    Father George Henry Vosters,   b. 24 Mar 1892, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1976, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Doris M Weyenberg,   b. 08 Nov 1893, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Apr 1995, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years) 
    Married 09 Sep 1917  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ardis Tower 
    Children 
     1. Valerie Vosters
     2. Lawrence Vosters
     3. David Martin Vosters,   b. 30 May 1950, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Apr 2015, Lacey, Thurston Co, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Mark Vosters
     5. Paul Vosters
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F166596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Floyd G. Vosters of Kalamazoo, Michigan, age 87, passed away on March 25, 2010 at home.

      Floyd Vosters was born on October 23, 1922 in Kimberly, WI the son of George Vosters and Dora (Weyenberg) Vosters.

      He served in the US Army Air Force during WWII. Shot down over the North Sea, he was captured and spent fourteen months in a German P.O.W. camp. He received a Purple Heart for injuries sustained during capture. Floyd was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans.

      He was preceded in death by a brother, Cyril Vosters.

      Surviving were five children: Lawrence "Larry" (Barbara) Vosters of Chelsea, MI; Valerie (Peter) Vander Elzen of Gladwin, MI, David Vosters of Comstock, MI, Paul Vosters of Missoula, MT and Mark (Laurie) Vosters of Fife Lake, MI; 12 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; a sister, Joan Peeters of Kalamazoo; a sister-in-law, Jane Vosters of Kalamazoo; and several nieces and nephews.