Russell Wolfe
March 18, 2011
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Russell Wolfe, 68, passed away March 18, 2011, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston.
Russell was born February 25, 1943 in Diagonal, Iowa to Albert and Stephana Wolfe. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a maintenance tech with Mahle North America. His hobbies included, amateur radio, RC airplanes and he was a VW mechanic/enthusiast. He will be remembered for his quick wit and outrageous humor.
Russell is survived by his wife of 46 years, Marilyn; children, Mark (Belinda) Wolfe, Stephanie (Mike) Shiffer; six grandchildren, Alishia, Alex, Jennifer, Amber, Karen, and Jonathon; four siblings, Steve, Dorcas, Bruce, and Sara.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Sonya; nephews, Jonathan, Brent and Shane; great-niece, Allison; and great-nephew, Nathan.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, with visitation from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family.
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Sue Wolfe
03/26/2011
The Wolfe Family,
On this day, know that I am thinking of you with a heavy heart.
My thoughts & prayers are with you.
I would like to thank you for including Shane, Nathan & Allison in the obituary, that means alot to Tricia and I.
Love,
Sue
Tricia Wolfe
03/23/2011
Aunt Marilyn,Mark,Steph and Family
just want to let all of you know i am thinking of all of you. Sorry i cant be there during this time! Hope all of you are doing ok.I know how difficult these time are so i will keep you in my prayers.
Love You Guys
Tricia
Boyd Kale
03/24/2011
My condolences to the family from an ex mailman!
Sue Bowlin
03/21/2011
Marilyn & Family,
We were so sorry to hear of Russell's passing. He was such a happy person and always so friendly. He will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Mark, Sue, Daniel, & Matthew Bowlin
Glenn Ring
03/20/2011
I knew Russ through the VW site TheSamba.com where he was a one of the elder statesmen of the site. He was always helpful, extremely knowledgeable and a true gentleman.
After talking to him online for a number of years I had the privileged to meet him face to face at a VW show in North Carolina a few years ago. We both stayed at a mutual friends home and spend a few days together.
It was an honor to call him my friend and and will cherish the memories for the rest of my life.
My condolences to the family and take peace in knowing that he touch many lives and enriched more people than you can imagine.
Here are some pictures from that VW show.
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Bill Denbow (mochabill)
03/20/2011
My condolences to Russ's family,never met him,didn't know him personally.All ways took his advise in regards V W autos,he was the EXPERT.A shame he had to leave this world too soon.Hope his last days were not too painful.
He will not be forgotten! GOD BLESS
George Stoffer
03/20/2011
I only met Russ in person once, at the 2006 Type 3 Invasion, but dealt with him a lot on the Internet. The only way he could be described is as "ein treuer Mensch".
To Russ I'd say: PLEASE enjoy this new phase of the journey as much as you obviously enjoyed the last... and to the family I'd say: Thank you for sharing.
Godspeed and best wishes/ happy thoughts to all.
George aka 'Tram' on The Samba
Lorena Bailey Thullen
03/20/2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with during this time. Lorena Bailey Thullen and family
VWSwap
03/20/2011
I knew Russ through the VW community for quite a long time. Although we never met in person, he was a great guy who always made you feel welcome when we chatted on thesamba. He was that way towards everyone. Always very kind and just sweet. Such a good nature about him. Lots of tears have been shed within the VW community over the past days. Russ was a real inspiration and will be missed by so many of us.
Jennifer
Dorcas (Sister)
03/20/2011
I want to thank all the SambaVW members for opening my eyes to all that Russ did for the VW owners around the world. I never saw that side of his generous nature. Since my (our) mother's passing, I havent seen that much of him since I knew he was undergoing a lot of CA treatments and did'nt feel like talking about his course of the disease. Bless you all and keep up your good work on keeping VW's alive even with Russ gone. Thank you all. d.wolfe