Helmut O. Voellmann of Goshen, N.Y., entered into rest on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, N.Y. He was 87.
Son of Otto and Christine Voellmann, he was born Feb. 12, 1932, in Germany. He emigrated from Germany in 1957.
Helmut was a painter for 44 years in Rockland County. He retired and lived in Goshen for 14 years. He authored "Odyssey: The Life and Times of a German Boy." He was a member of the German American Club of Middletown and the Goshen Seniors.
.He is survived by his wife, Anneliese, at home; sons, Richard of New Windsor, N.Y., Frank and wife, Karen, of Acton, Mass., and Christopher and wife, Cheri, of Cedar Park, Texas; grandchildren, Nicholas, Randall, Jeremy, Stephanie, Justin, Kimberly, and Shea; brother, Bruno and wife, Brigitte, of Berlin, Germany; sisters, Erna Satzer and husband, Helmut, of Speyer, Germany; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his mother in 1975 and his father, who was killed in the War; his brothers, Richard, Siegfreid, Heintz, and Herbert; and sister, Irmgard.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Donovan Funeral Home, 82 South Church St., Goshen.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at St. Columba Roman Catholic. Church, 27 High St., Chester, N.Y.
Burial will follow in Hamptonburgh Cemetery, Campbell Hall, N.Y.