David Voelker
| David Ransdell Voelker | |
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| Born |
May 13, 1953 Lake Providence East Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | May 21, 2013 (aged 60) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Cause of death | Failed lung transplant surgery |
| Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman; Philanthropist |
| Political party | Republican donor to Barack H. Obama |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Divorced from Ann Donnelly, later Ann Steuart |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parent(s) |
Frank Voelker, Jr. Virginia Wilson Voelker |
| Relatives |
Frank Voelker, Sr. (grandfather) |
(1) Divorced from Ann Donnelly, later Ann Steuart
From first marriage:
Mullady, Audrey, and Kitty Voelker
Frank Voelker, Sr. (grandfather)
Francis Xavier Ransdell (great-grandfather)
David Ransdell Voelker (May 13, 1953 – May 21, 2013) was an entrepreneur and community leader in his adopted city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
David Ransdell Voelker was born in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in far northeastern Louisiana, to the attorney Frank Voelker, Jr., and the former Virginia Wilson (1921-2011), a native of Weston, West Virginia. His middle name comes from the surname of his great-great-uncle, U.S. Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Alexandria, Louisiana, and later Lake Providence, whose political career was ended in 1931 in electoral defeat by Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
David Voelker's great-grandfather, Francis Xavier Ransdell, was Joseph Ransdell's younger brother; Francis Ransdell and Frank Voelker, Sr., David Voelker's paternal grandfather, served consecutively as judge of the 6th Judicial District. Frank Voelker, Sr., was married to Isabel, a daughter of Francis X. and Katie D. Ransdell. David's father, Frank Voelker, Jr., was the former city attorney in Lake Providence and the chairman of the since defunct Louisiana Sovereignty Commission under Governor Jimmie Davis. Frank Voelker, Jr. ran for governor of Louisiana in the 1963 Democratic primary election but withdrew and victory went to John McKeithen.
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