John A. Vosler

The Trumpet is Stilled…. Dr. John A. Vosler, 85, Eaton, Ohio, died on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Reid Hospital, Richmond, IN. He was the third son of Joseph C. Vosler and Edith B. Vosler (Moyer), born on March 30, 1927 in Piqua, Ohio. He graduated in 1945 from Piqua High School where he was prominent in various music activities, including concert and marching bands, orchestra, and the Jim Summers Orchestra as a trumpet player. In July, 1945, he entered the Army Air Force at Camp Attebury, Ind., and received assignments to Keesler Field, Mississippi and Chanute Field, Illinois. In February, 1946, he began overseas service at Tulln Air Force base near Vienna, Austria, returning to the United States in January, 1947, and was honorably discharged. He began premedical studies in February, 1947 at Miami University and played trumpet in the Miami marching band, and the dance band known as The Royal Esquires. In 1950, he transferred to Ohio State University for the remainder of his premedical training, and in 1951 entered the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri, where he received his doctorate degree in June, 1955. He completed his internship at Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and began his practice of general medicine in Eaton on July 9, 1956. In 1961, Dr. Vosler became the president of the Dayton District Academy of Osteopathic Medicine for one year, and in 1965, he and Dr. Harold Ferguson, Sr. were the co-founders of the Preble County Medical Center in Eaton, which is now located on Washington Jackson Road in Eaton. In 1972, he was elected to his first 4-year term as Preble County Coroner, and remained in that office until 2011. In November, 2008, he was elected to his tenth consecutive term. Dr. Vosler was a life-member of the American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Association, the Ohio Osteopathic Association, and the Dayton District Academy of Osteopathic Medicine. He also was a member of the Ohio State Coroners Association, a director of the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory, and had medical staff affiliation with Grandview, Southview, and Good Samaritan hospitals in Dayton, Ohio, and was a former staff member at Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Indiana. He was a director for many years of Starbank of Preble County, and past member of the Eaton Lions Club, the Eaton Rotary Club, the American Cancer Society, and in earlier years, had been the team physician for the Eaton football team. He was a member of the American Legion and the Preble County Honor Guard, for which he served many years as military bugler. He also was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Preble County Historical Society and BPO Elks Lodge #523 in Piqua, and a long-time patron of Preble County Habitat of Humanity. Dr. Vosler was a member of the American Federation of Musicians, and had an abiding interest in music all of his life. He was widely known in the Greater Miami Valley area as a trumpet player, and was a member of the Piqua Civic Band, the Sidney Civic Band, the Tipp City Community Band, the 'Swing Era' Big Band, Frank Neville's Big Band, Barry Caudill's 'Counts Four & Company', and the Moonlighters. In earlier years, he had played with the Les Shepard Orchestra and in recent years with the “One More Time” 9-piece band. Survivors include his wife Meri; three sons, Dr. Mark Vosler (Peggy Hake) of Eaton, Dr. Scott Vosler (Tammy Day) of Eaton, 1976 Olympian Dr. Kent Vosler of Glendale, AZ and one daughter, Dr. Jill Vosler (John McCafferty) of Eaton; one brother, Robert J. Vosler of Worthington, Ohio; thirteen grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two brothers, Charles of Mesa, Arizona, and Marion of Piqua, Ohio. Friends will be received on Thursday, August 16, 2012 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at the Girton Schmidt & Boucher Gard Funeral Home, 226 West Main Street, Eaton, OH. Funeral services will follow at 6:00 pm on Thursday at the funeral home, followed with a private burial in Mound Hill Union Cemetery in Eaton, with military honors provided by the Preble County Honor Guard, and members of the Preble County law enforcement community. Memorial contributions may be made to the Piqua or Sidney Civic bands, the Preble County Habitat for Humanity, or the Preble County Honor Guard. Online condolences and other remembrances may be sent to the family by visiting www.gsbfuneralhome.com