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He
was born on 30th September 1889 at Council Bluffs, Iowa the son of
Henry Joseph Voight and Mari Johanna
"Jennie" (nee Gullickson). He was known as Guy, probably to easily
distinguish him from his rest of the family as his father and grandfather were
both called Henry Joseph Voight. His grandfather was born in Rastatt,
Baden-Wuerttenberg, Germany and emigrated to the United States with his parents
between 1818 and 1849. His mothers side of the family originated in Norway.
Guy's older
sister, Jessie, married Fred Lainson, who owned a large flower and
vegetable growing business in Council Bluffs. Guy took on the job of taking the
flowers & produce by train to Washington state (abt. 1908). They also
ran a concession on the train selling flowers westbound & Washington apples
eastbound.
Above
signed photo of Guy in 1909
Guy was very
athletic and was a member of the semi-pro Sedro Wooley baseball team.
During that summer, he was scouted by a priest from Santa Clara University.
On a scholarship, he attended Santa Clara University from 1910-1915, majoring in
civil engineering.
Guy excelled
in Rugby & Basketball at Santa Clara University. In rugby, he earned
the nickname "The Flying Dutchman" and was an All-American. Rumour
in the family had it that he did not get his Civil Engineering degree there
after 4 years, because "he wasn't Catholic"
Above
the Santa Clara College rugby fifteen from the San Fransicso Call on 17th
November 1910 (L-R) Sims, Kantelehner, Barry (Captain), Jarrett, Gallagher,
Voight, Best, Guerierre, Patton, Ramage, Kelley, Detels, Tadich, Byrnes,
Griffin, Fitzgerald, Tramutolo, Ybarrondo, Ganahl, Renwick (Coach).
Above
the Santa Clara College side of 1911 from the San Francisco Call on 19th
November 1911. Back Row (L-R): Gallagher, Voight, Best, Koerner, Jacobs, Fontag,
Hatch, Barry, Coach Renwick. Middle Row: Bronson, Wildy, Sargent, Fitzpatrick,
Hogan, Detela, Ramage, Patton, Momson. Front Row: Tramutolo, Curry, Ganahl,
Captain Ybarando, Quill, Castrucio, Stewart.
Above
the Santa Clara College Basketball team from the San Francisco Call on 11th
February 1912
Above
the 1912 Santa Clara College rugby squad. 1. Sargent, 2.Gallagher, 3.Momson,
4.Jacobs, 5.Renwick (Coach), 6.Kohner, 7.Hatch, 8.Barry, 9.Palmtag, 10.Wildy,
11.Ramage, 12.Patton, 13.Best, 14.Hogan, 15.Ganahl, 16.Quill, 17.Detels,
18.Bronson, 19.Voight, 20.Curyy, 21.Fitzpatrick, 22.Ybarrondo (Captain),
23.Castruccio, 24.Stewart, 25.Tramutolo.
Above the USA side that
played New Zealand in 1913. Back Row (L-R): Daniel Brendon Carroll (Stanford
University), Clark Lewis Boulware (not used) (Stanford University), Haley (not
used) (Stanford University), William Pettigrew Darsie (Stanford University),
Herbert Rowell Stolz (replacement) (Stanford University), Brant (?) or Flemming
(not used) (?), Joseph C. Urban (Stanford University), A.Knowles (replacement)
(?), Charles A. Austin (Olympic), G.Voight (Santa Clara University), Frank Jacob
Gard (Captain) (Stanford University), Roland Roy Blase (Stanford University),
William Norris King (University of California). Front Row: Forbes (not used)
(?), Stirling Benjamin Peart (University of California), Joseph Louis McKim
(University of California), G.Glasscock (Olympic), E.B.Hall (Stanford
University), Benjamin Edward Erb (not used) (Stanford University), Louis Cass
(Stanford University), Mowatt Merrill Mitchell (Los Angeles Athletic Club),
Quill (not used) (Santa Clara), J.A.Ramage (Santa Clara University).
Above the 1913 Santa
Clara University rugby side. 1.Yoell (Trainer), 2.Stewart, 3.Flood,
4.Fitzpatrick, 5.Momson, 6.Higgins (Coach), 7.Voight, 8.Hogan, 9.Sargent,
10.Gilman, 11.Brown (Asst. Trainer), 12.Noonan, 13.Kieley, 14.Best, 15.Melchoir,
16.Ferrario, 17.Harkins, 18.Ramage, 19.Yabarrando (Captain), 20.Quill,
21.Tramutolo, 22.Curry.
Above the University of
Santa Clara XV 1914. 1 Yoell (Trainer), 2 Stewart, 3 Anderson, 4 Gilman, 5
Curtin, 6 Kiely, 7 Kavanaugh (Asst. Trainer), 8 Voight, (Captain), 9 Quill, 10
Coschino, 11 Concannon, 12 B.Fitzpatrick, 13 J.Fitzpatrick, 14 Milburn, 15
Ybarrando, 16 Jackson, 17 Scholz, 18 Hardy, 19 Meadows, 20 Harkins, 21 Ramage,
22 Higgins (Coach).
Above Guy in
the 1914-15 Santa Clara University Basketball team. Back Row (L-R): Guy Voight,
Edward Mulholland, James Curtain, Norbert Korte. Front Row: Rudolph Scholz,
unknown, Demetrio Diaz. This season they won all bar one game, beating Stanford
twice.
A plaque of
him used to hang in the old Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University,
but it disappeared after the stadium was demolished.
After
college, Guy was drafted into WWI. His draft registration card said he was
working as a sheep herder in Morgan, Utah. He spent his whole enlistment
with the Army Corps of Engineers at Ft. Douglas, Salt Lake City. He helped
design military portable bridges and taught Morse Code.
This is he
met Flossie Elizabeth Smith who he married on 12th August 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
After he left the service, they moved back to Council Bluffs.
In 1922, Guy, Flossie,
and their children, along with his mother Jennie, (his father died in 1920),
moved to Sapulpa, Ok. His brother Vern owned a greenhouse there and a
flower shop in Tulsa. Sidney, his brother, was already there working
with Vern. Later, Flossie's brother, Thomas Smith, also moved to Sapulpa
to work in the greenhouses.
Still an avid
sports fan, Guy had an heart attack at a football game and died at home on 26th
November 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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