VOLDSETH, Edward V., Dr 1922-2008
VOLDSETH, GRANDE, SETTLE, SCHOVILLE
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/25/2015 at 00:15:58
[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday, January 4, 2009]
CEDAR FALLS- Dr. Edward V. Voldseth, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home of natural causes.
He was born May 29, 1922, in Harlowton, Mont., son of Nels and Mina Grande Voldseth. He married Elizabeth Settle on Sept. 1, 1945, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Billings, Mont.
Dr. Voldseth attended grade school in Lennep, Mont., and graduated from Gallatin County High School, Bozeman, Mont. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Montana in 1944, his master's degree from Columbia University, New York City, in 1946, and his Ph.D. in counseling and guidance from the University of Iowa in 1958.
Dr. Voldseth was assistant dean of men and instructor of business administration at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis., from 1946-1949, director of student affairs for men (dean of men) at Drake University, Des Moines, from 1949-1956, and dean of students at the University of Alaska from 1958-1964. He worked in various levels at the University of Northern Iowa, retiring as assistant to the president for state relations in 1987. He served with representatives of the University of Iowa and ISU as a trio that promoted proposals of the State Board of Regents to the Iowa General Assembly.
He was active in local, state and national boards of the Episcopal Church while in Alaska and Iowa. He served as a board member of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill. He was elected to a six-year term on the board of Sartori Memorial Hospital in 1987 and became chairman of the board in 1991. He served as a member of the board of directors of Cedar Falls Savings and Loan Association for many years. Following that association's merger, he became a member of the American Federal Board. He was a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Cedar Falls; was a Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League and a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Survived by his wife; two sons, Nels (Kim) of Houston and John (Willa) of Martinsdale, Mont.; two daughters, Karen (Michael) Schoville of Johnston and Kristin Voldseth of Cedar Falls; four grandchildren, Eric (Shasta) Locke of Waterloo, Elizabeth Locke of Denver, Colo., Anne Schoville of Urbandale and Ellen Schoville of Iowa City; a great-grandson, Steven Robert Locke; a brother, Norman; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by: his parents; and a brother, George.
Memorial services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls. Public visitation from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Locke Funeral Home, and at the church following the memorial service. His body has been cremated and will be inurned at a later date at Lennep Memorial Park in Montana.
Memorials may be directed to St. Luke's Episcopal Church or to University of Northern Iowa Foundation's Students First Fund, in lieu of flowers,
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