A graveside service will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, March 5, 2015, at South Park Cemetery for H. James Voll.
H. James Voll, age 91, passed away on February 27, 2015, at home in Dallas, Texas.
Jim Voll was born February 7, 1924 in Long Beach, CA. He graduated from high school in Bakersfield, CA in 1940. It was here that he met his future bride, Betty Jo Garrett. They were married November 4, 1945, nearing the end of his WWII service as a Naval Aviator. He earned a B.S degree in Architecture from Kansas State University in 1950 before re-entering the Navy to serve in Korea. Upon leaving the Navy in 1952 the family moved to Roswell, NM where during the next 17 years he worked as an architect and served on the city council during 1968-69. Jim moved to the Metroplex, Dallas, Texas in 1969 where he worked for the Army, Air Force Exchange Service with assignments in Texas, the Philippines, Germany and Hawaii where he retired as Director of Engineering, AAFES Pacific, on January 20, 1989.
Jim and Betty retired in New Mexico, moving on from there in 1992 and building a home in Arlington, Texas. After 10 years, with old friends and family gone, they moved to Connecticut, for seven years, returning to Dallas, Texas in 2012.
In addition to his beloved wife, Betty Jo of Dallas, he is survived by a son Robert Voll in Connecticut; a daughter, Karen Voll in Colorado and granddaughters: Ingrid Crowl and husband Dave, their two daughters Megan and Molly Crowl of Holland; granddaughter, Kirstin McMullan and husband Jeff, their two daughters Kinnin and Peri McMullen of Holland, and a sister, Glenda Harrington of CA.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made in Jim’s name to the charity of their choice.
Arrangements are under the personal care of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.
Online condolences may be made at lagronefuneralchapels.com.
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