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The spirit of progress and enterprise finds expression in the life record of Phillip W. Voland, a wideawake and alert merchant of North avenue, who is conducting a well-appointed furniture and house furnishings establishment, Mr. Voland is a native son of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred at Kiel on the 8th of September, 1886, his parents being Fred and Theodora (Strubarth) Voland, who were natives of Germany. Coming to America in 1865, they settled at Thiensville, Wisconsin, where the father, who was a mason by trade, died.

Phillip W. Voland devoted his youth largely to the acquirement of a public school education. After leaving high school he attended the Sheboygan Business College and then entered the University of Wisconsin, in which he pursued a special course, thus thoroughly qualifying by liberal educational training for life's practical and responsible duties. He started out in the business world as bookkeeper for the J. B. Laun Lumber Company at Kiel, Wisconsin, there remaining for some time, after which he entered upon an accounting course in the University of Wisconsin and further qualified for the duties of a business life. He then took a position with the Kiel Furniture Company as cost accountant and construction man, remaining with the house for two years. In January, 1912, he engaged in the retail furniture business on North avenue and has here developed one of the finest and best retail furniture stores on the street. He carries a very extensive and attractive line of goods and has won substantial success, his patronage growing year by year as the result of his close application to business, his thorough reliability and his earnest desire to please his customers. He belongs to that progressive type of men who are seeking not only the upbuilding of their own fortunes but the advancement and growth of the section of the city in which they live. Mr. Voland is now the vice president of the North Avenue Advancement Association and secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Retail Furniture Dealers Association.

On the 9th of August, 1911, Mr. Voland was married to Miss Katharine Kissinger, a daughter of William and Mary Kissinger of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. They are well known socially, having an extensive circle of warm friends in this city, while the hospitality of their home is greatly enjoyed by all who know them. Mr. Voland is an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and he also belongs to the Optimist Club and the Milwaukee Association of Commerce — membership connections that indicate much of the nature of his interests and his activities outside of business hours.