R ICHFIELD ✹ J ANUARY 13, 2011
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Vol. 41, No. 2
In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
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Richfield couple made a lasting impression Police-enthusiast pastor, wife die as result of car crash BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS He was a larger-than-life character who provided spiritual leadership for many. His wife was an educator who
Verne and Kathie Voss
enjoyed working with children. Together Verne and Kathie Voss spent the last two decades of their careers working at a Minneapolis church – Verne as the pastor, Kathie as a preschool teacher at the parish school. The couple, both 70, died last week following a two-vehicle collision in Minneapolis. The Jan. 4 crash killed Verne that afternoon. Kathie died from
injuries sustained in the accident two days later. A funeral for the couple was held Jan. 11 at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of Bloomington. The couple moved to Richfield in the mid-90s, about 10 years before retiring together from Pilgrim Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis. Since retiring the couple maintained a busy schedule. Verne had long been attracted
Cops shocked when suspect yanks fur coat from skivvies
to law enforcement and may very well have pursued a law enforcement career had he not become a pastor, according to their son Jon, of Bloomington. “That kind of work appealed to him.” Verne may have been too old to begin a career in law enforcement when he retired from the church five years ago, but he VOSSES: TO PAGE 18
Illustrated history Richfield Middle School received an extreme makeover this week, as artist Greg Preslicka of Savage created a historical mural of Richfield on a cafeteria wall. Working from a preliminary sketch that students were able to examine as Preslicka decked the wall, the mural illustrates the connection between Richfield’s past and present. A ribbon from the past winds through Richfield of today, showing how the city is influenced by its past. Native American settlements, farmland, Fort Snelling, canoeing, airplanes and the Minneapolis skyline are among the images in the mural. (Submitted photos)
BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS When questioned about a fur coat she was accused of stealing, a Brooklyn Park woman had a surprise for a Bloomington investigator. After spending her New Year’s Day weekend in a Bloomington Police Department jail cell, the 46-year-old suspect was interviewed Jan. 3. She was accused of taking a $6,500 fur coat from Alaskan Fur Company of Bloomington on New Year’s Eve and arrested later that day on the opposite side of the city. THIEF: TO PAGE 18
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