Richard L. Wolfe 1937-2017

Richard Lee “Dick” Wolfe, 80, Meriden, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born May 16, 1937, at Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Martin Harrison and Marjorie Elenor Fry Wolfe. He graduated from Meriden High School.

Mr. Wolfe served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958 and in the U.S. Air Force from 1958 to 1961. He was the golf course superintendent at Topeka Country Club and later worked in the Payless Shoe Source general warehouse.

Survivors include two sisters, Yuvonne Corinne Wolfe, Meriden, and Karen Dee Millenbruch, Hoyt; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters Donna Butrick, Joyce Meredith and Lois Bolz.

Interment of cremains will be held in spring 2018 in Netawaka Cemetery.