Leonard  George "Lenny" Voelker age 72, died on Saturday, June 12, 2021 of a heart attack at his home in Poynette. He was born on January 25, 1949 in Beaver Dam; the daughter of Bernard and Helen (Machovich) Voelker. Lenny graduated from Columbus High School in 1967 and went on to serve 6 years in the Air Force National Guard. Thereafter, he, like his three brothers, worked as flooring installers in his father's family business "Sparky's Floor Shop". Lenny installed flooring for more than 40 years until he retired in 2014, including working with McKinstry's Home Furnishings of Beaver Dam since the 1970s. Although Lenny was often a man of few words, he freely shared wisdom and wit, his many skills and time; he especially enjoyed helping family with projects. He had a passion for hunting & fishing adventures with friends and family and was also an avid gardener and curious observer and naturalist. Lenny would never speak of it, but he was a fantastic billiards player and a card shark and an expert marksman. Moreover, he was community and conservation-minded, as reflected in his helping found the Columbus Sportsman's Association in the 1970s and a decades-long supporter of local Duck's Unlimited Chapters. Above all Lenny was a family man. He was a dedicated father and uncle who loved spending time watching his son and nieces and nephews grow up at the Voelker family-owned cottage on Green Lake. Over the past 15 years he was a loving partner to Kathy Wipperfurth and spent much of his time tending to their home, traveling the globe with Kathy and spending time with the Wipperfurth family, who viewed him as 'grandpa'.

Lenny's surviving Voelker family include his son Steven (Julia Burton) and granddaughter Hazel Burton Voelker; as well as three brothers Paul (Tara) of Columbus, James of Columbus and Ricky (Gina) of Columbus; his sister Lynn (Gregory) Belanger of Sun Prairie; four nephews, Joshua (Laura) Voelker and Michael (Janel) Voelker, Tom (Kelly) Katz and Willie (Emma) Katz; six nieces Angela (Floyd) Worth, Amy (Paul) Lanzhammer, Heidi (Willis) Jensen, Jennifer (Travis) Kinder, Amanda Belanger (Ryan Shohoney), Liz (Dan) Strum and many great nephews and great nieces.

Lenny's surviving Wipperfurth family include Kathy and her daughter Annette (Scott) Bockover and grandchildren Brianna & Brandon as well as her son Ray Wipperfurth (Rebecca Trewyn) and grandchildren Jonathan, Emily, Zach and Chloe.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Ann. A Celebration of Life is to be held at 2:30 P.M., with a visitation beginning at 1:30 P.M., on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Columbus Country Club., Columbus. Charles Burton will officiate. Inurnment will be in Hillside Cemetery, Columbus. Memorials may be directed to your favorite charity.

We encourage you to share your online condolences with Lenny's family at jensenfuneralandcremation.com.

Jensen Funeral & Cremation

Columbus 920-623-5850