Richfield Husband and Wife Die After Car-Semi Crash; Life Celebration Service Saturday
Retired Pastor Verne Voss and his wife, Kathie, both die after Tuesday car crash in South Minneapolis; church to hold celebration of life Saturday.
Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church will be holding a special service to remember its former pastor, Verne Voss, and former pre-school teacher, Kathie Voss, who died following a car accident Tuesday afternoon. The Richfield couple was struck by a semi-truck while driving in South Minneapolis. Verne Voss died shortly after the accident and Kathie Voss died Thursday morning at Hennepin County Medical Center, according to the church. "The congregation is just really shocked right now," Pastor Peter Leyrer said. Verne Voss was pastor at the church from 1986 to 2005, according to Leyrer, who took over for Voss when he retired in 2005. Leyrer added that Kathie Voss was a preschool teacher at the church's school for many years. While Verne and …
Caitlin Burgess
12:29 pm on Saturday, January 8, 2011
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