Obituary of John Peter Vossen

With broken hearts our family announces that John P Vossen passed away after a very courageous battle with cancer at LHSC London in his 69th year surrounded by his family on October 7th.

John is survived by his wife of 44 years Cheryl and his children Phil & Brit.

Predeceased by his parents John Sr. (1998) & Helen Vossen (2000)

Loved Brother of Wilhelmina Laurie (Joe), Mary Jane Elliott (Paul), Helen Brockman (Gerry), Peter (2023) (Barb), Stephen (Sharon), Kit Sheldon (Don), Christopher (Heather 2018) Paul (Cathy 2025) David (Heather). John also leaves behind a large extended family, including many loving nieces & nephews. 

John was predeceased by his father and mother in law Ken (2002) & Bess Pickering (2001) Ken (2010) & Madeline Parkinson (2019)  were John's extended in laws.

John was born and raised in St Marys, retiring from 25 years at Shur-Gain a few years ago. John's passions were golf, baseball, billiards and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle with his friends and travelling with Cheryl.

John loved the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs and will be a Dallas Cowboys fan forever! 

Our family would like to thank all of the staff at LHSC as well as the Verspeeten Cancer Clinic for their ongoing support over the years.​​

In keeping with John's wishes a celebration of life with take place on November 15th at St Marys Golf & Country Club from 1  -5 pm. Cremation has taken place with inurnment in St Marys Cemetery. 

Donations to the

Verspeeten Cancer Clinic
c/o London Health Science Foundation  

or the

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame would be greatly appreciated.