Philip Dane Voss

Captain Voss was born on September 25, 1947. He was the son of Axel Voss (a Danish immigrant) and Delphine Voss of Natchez, Mississippi. As a youth he was very active in scouting and attained the rank of Eagle at age 14. He was chosen as captain of his high school football team. He graduated from Cathedral High School in Natchez in 1965. He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. At USM, he served as a student senator and was the president of the Kappa Sigma fraternity in the Order of Omega and Vice President of Pi Sigma Epsilon National Fraternity.

Upon graduation from college, he attended Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Fla., where he was commissioned an Ensign and later was awarded his Navy Wings. During a long and distinguished Navy career with many tours in Jacksonville, he served in seven Carrier squadrons, logged 6,000 flight hours, and made 750 carrier landings on ten different aircraft carriers. He commanded two carrier squadrons: VS-30 on Saratoga, and VS-27 at Cecil Field. While serving aboard the Saratoga, he set the Naval Aviation flight record for airborne range and endurance from an aircraft carrier when bringing a captured international terrorist to the United States for trial in the Federal Court System. During his naval career, he earned a Master of Arts degree in National Security Affairs from the US Naval War College and served as a “CNO Fellow” on the Navy’s Strategic Policy Analysis Group. During his last three years in the Navy, Captain Voss served as the Commodore of Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, which was responsible for all Atlantic Fleet S-3 Sea Control squadrons. He retired as a Navy Captain in 1995 after 31 years of naval service.

After retiring from the Navy, he established a defense consulting company in Jacksonville, Aviation Connections, which merged with Logistics Services International (LSI) in 1998. At LSI he served as the Vice President of Marketing, Corporate Vice President, Chief Corporate Development Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer. He also served on the Board of Directors, where he was instrumental in converting LSI to Employee Ownership in 2006.

Captain Voss was a devout Roman Catholic and longtime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where he served on the School Board and as the Chairman of the Building and Finance Committee for many years. He was a 4th Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He was very active in the Jacksonville community. He was the former President of the Rotary of West Jacksonville, a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and a major benefactor to the Rotary International Foundation. He served as one of the first Chairmen of the West Jacksonville Citizens Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC). His service for the Boy Scouts of America included Executive Board Vice President for Endowments for the North Florida Council, which awarded him the Silver Buffalo award. He received the “distinguished Eagle Scout” award from the National Eagle Scout Association. He was selected as a “Veteran of Influence” by the Florida Times Union.

His large family and dear friends were foremost in his life. Captain Voss was preceded in death by: his parents, Axel Voss, a Danish immigrant from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Delphine Hicks Voss, of Natchez, Miss.; two older brothers, Frederick “Freddie” Voss, and Robert “Bob” Voss; and his younger sister Elizabeth “Libby” Voss.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Nancy Glenz Voss; five children, Suzanne Voss, Lucy Dane Bravo (husband Phil Bravo) of Jacksonville, Commander Matthew Voss, USN, Kathryn Voss Kukla (husband Commander Steven Kukla, USN) of Coronado, Calif., and Erik Voss (wife Kelley Losik) of Los Angeles, Calif.; six grandsons and four granddaughters; his sister Delphine Voss Prestridge; and two brothers, Carl Voss (wife Glenda) of Natchez, Miss., and William “Bill” Voss (wife Jean) of McComb, Miss.; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins throughout the nation.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Rotary International Fund in care of the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville, the Northeast Florida Council Endowment fund of the Boy Scouts of America, the Sacred Heart Building Fund, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, or a charity of choice.

Visitation with the Voss family and friends will be Friday, August 9, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5752 Blanding Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32244 at 7:30pm. A Memorial Mass of the Resurrection will be offered at 11am on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rev. James Kaniparampil will officiate. Interment will be August 14, 2024, at 10:00 AM the Barrancas National Cemetery aboard Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL. The interment service will be facilitated by Oak Lawn Funeral Home, 619 N New Warrington Road, Pensacola, FL, 32506.