Family of Eirene Alice and JHS Blomfield

Patricia Best Voss


Patricia Best Blomfield was born at Honokaa, Territory of Hawaii

Parents




She married William Alpheus Voss in 1937 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu. William had a BS from Westmar College, Iowa, where he was President of his class; he attended Seminary; joined the Army and served in Hawaii in the Engineers. He played football and taught at Iolani School. In California he worked as a piping design engineer in oil refineries. He swam in the Senior Olympics in California, winning four gold medals.

There were three children.

Bill Voss died in 1985 and his ashes were scattered from plane off the Californian coast where he had won his gold medals. Pat died in Dec 1995 at Fullerton CA and her ashes were scattered in the sea at Kailua HI by her grandson, Jimmy Smart and his mother, Jackie.