46 February 21 • 2019
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46 February 21 • 2019
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of blessed memory

M

ark Voight, 75, of Farmington 
Hills, died Feb. 11, 2019. 
He will be remembered as 
an honorable business man, a dedicated 
community volunteer and a patriarch 
fully committed to his family. To the 
bowling world, Mark was a visionary 
who worked tirelessly to modernize, sta-
bilize and innovate a staple of 
the entertainment industry.
However, prior to starting in 
the bowling business that he 
was so passionate about, Mark 
was a college teacher and tax 
accounting executive for several 
firms, and he started numerous 
small businesses from T-shirts 
to ice cream to investing in race 
horses. He was proud to have 
opened the first racially integrated certi-
fied public accounting firm in Michigan 
in 1976. 
Mr. Voight’
s introduction to the bowl-
ing industry was in 1978, as a minority 
investor in his and his wife’
s first bowling 
center in Ohio. Over the years, he con-
tinued to build interest in the bowling 
business as he invested in more centers 
with various partners. He took personal 
interest in their business models, visiting 
and learning the industry any chance he 
could. 
In 1985, Mark and Diane took the 
opportunity to become sole owners in 
Satellite Bowl, thus starting them on 
their journey over the next 34 years. The 
Voights eventually developed the largest 
independently owned and third largest 
bowling company in the United States. 
Mark cared about his customers and 
employees and was committed to sup-
porting bowling through his involvement 
with various bowling associations. He 
believed that one needs to help others 
in any way possible as a way of giving 
back. For all his contributions to the 
bowling industry, Mark was inducted 
into four bowling-related halls of fame 
and received more than a dozen bowl-
ing industry awards, regional through 
national.
To the Jewish community, Mark was 
a tireless advocate who could always be 
relied upon for energy and leadership. 
He served in various leadership posi-
tions at Congregation Beth Shalom in 
Oak Park, up to and including congre-
gation president. He also served on the 
Detroit Board of the Jewish Theological 
Seminary, even teaching rabbinic stu-
dents about business practices. He served 
on committees for the Jewish Federation 
of Metropolitan Detroit.
To his friends, Mark Voight provided 

laughter, camaraderie and support. He 
made everyone he knew feel like they 
were the only ones in the world. To his 
family, Mark Voight was the patriarch, 
anchor and source of unconditional love. 
Mark Voight was born in Flint, May 
15, 1943, to Stuart and Geraldine Voight. 
The Voight family was a close-knit unit 
also folding in their Chimovitz 
cousins, when Mark’
s aunt died 
at a young age. From an early 
age, Mark learned the impor-
tance of hard work, setting 
goals and perseverance. From 
his teen years on, he was always 
working, whether as a pinsetter 
or helping his father at his five-
and-dime store. 
He loved reading, math, 
teaching, playing games and socializing. 
Mark was a Michigan alumnus, attending 
sporting events and enjoying the U-M 
Alumni Association Camp Michigania 
family camp from 1968-2018. He was 
a member of the Camps Council and 
represented the Camps Council on 
the University of Michigan Alumni 
Association Board.
In 2015, during the Bowling 
Proprietors Association of America Hall 
of Fame induction ceremony, Mark 
quoted Abraham Lincoln, “I do the very 
best I know how — the very best I can; 
and I mean to keep doing so until the 
end.
” Mark was an officer in the Bowling 
Proprietors Association of America. 
He and his wife, Diane, were involved 
for many years in the Logan Center, a 
South Bend, Ind., organization co-found-
ed by Diane’
s late parents. 
In his eulogy, Rabbi Aaron Bergman 
said that everybody loved Mark, includ-
ing family, friends, students, employees 
and even customers. He always wanted 
to help and recently told Rabbi Bergman 
that he knew how lucky he was even as 
he was terribly sick. 
Mark Voight was the beloved husband 
for 50 years of Diane Voight; cherished 
father of Sara Voight, Alana (Greg) 
Aronin and Joanna (Rob) Stegne. Loving 
zaydie of Manya, Isabel, Eleanor and 
Isaac Aronin, and Joshua and Samantha 
Stegner; adored brother of Lindy Keiser 
and Gary (Debbi) Voight. 
He was the devoted son of the late 
Stuart and the late Geraldine Voight.
Interment was at Adat Shalom 
Memorial Park. Contributions may 
be made to Hospice of Michigan, 
Oakland County, 43097 Woodward Ave., 
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/
donations; or to a charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ■

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