Vernon L. Wolfe

Manning Monitor articles ------ 1944

Vernon Wolfe Drives For Captain
Pfc. Vernon Wolfe, formerly of Manning, now stationed somewhere in the South Pacific, sends his thanks to the legion and Monitor for the home paper. He writes:"I've seen a lot of this world and find its not such a big one after all. I've seen a few boys from Manning, Billy Woods in the Navy, for one.
"I've also seen what the Japs did at Pearl Harbor and the other places around here. It makes a fellow want to get over there and give them the works.

"I get to see a lot of this place, as my job is to drive for the Captain. There sure is a lot of things of interest but give me the good old U.S.A.!
"I want to thank you again for the paper. It sure is a morale builder.
My best regards,
Pfc. Vernon Wolfe

Manning Monitor articles ------ 1945

BEING SHIPPED HOME FROM OKINAWA
Okinawa, Aug. 23,1945
Dear Sirs:
Just a few lines to let you know that I am going to be shipped back to the states for discharge so you may discontinue sending The Monitor to me.
You will never know how much I appreciated getting the paper, It was sometimes slow in getting here but it was always news.
So I would like to thank you and the Legion very much for the paper.
Here's hoping I will see you all again real soon.
Until then, so long.
CPL. VERNON L. WOLFE.

Vernon Wolfe

Vernon L. Wolfe, 60, 1250 E. Grand Avenue, died Friday evening, May 27, 1977, at St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, after an apparent heart seizure at Asbury Acres.

Services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday at United Methodist Church, the Rev Glen Siferd officiating with burial in Riverside Cemetery, Nekoosa, Wisconsin.

Mr. Wolfe was born December 5, 1916, in Manning, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob and Margareta (Lebeck-Fry) Wolfe. The family moved to Manning when Vernon was a youth and he received his education in the Manning Schools.

He married Ruth Henderson August 4, 1946, in Wisconsin Rapids. He lived in Central Wisconsin for the past 25 years and was employed by Consolidated Papers Inc. Biron Division, since 1951 and since last September has been a night watchman at Consoweld Corporation.

He was a member of United Methodist Church, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 91, of which he was a past Noble Grand, a member of Riverside Rebecca Lodge 12, the Disabled American Veterans, and served in World War II with the Army in the Pacific Theatre.

Surviving are his wife; one son, Lawrence H., Baraboo; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Fitz, Farmington, New Mexico; one brother, Melvin, Manning, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Louise McClain, Tucson, Arizona; one step-sister, Mrs. Lucretia Whitmore, Des Moines, Iowa; and three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Wilkinson Chapel from 2 p.m. Tuesday and at the church from 9 a.m. until time of services Wednesday. An> Odd Fellows service will be at the Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be designated to United Methodist Church.

Notes: Ruth: September 28, 1925 - June 13, 2008, buried at Riverside Cemetery.