Richard A Wolf

USAF Retired

Richard Allan Wolf of Colorado Springs passed away on June 5, 2012. Dick was born

on April 25, 1940, in Poland, Ohio, and graduated from Poland Seminary High School,

Kent State University and Ball State University. He married Jan C. Thompson on

November 28, 1963 in Lima, Ohio, and they spent the next 48 years making great

memories.

During high school, Dick played football, track and basketball, and in 2005 was inducted

into the Poland Seminary H.S. Athletic Hall of Fame. After graduating from college in

1963, where he earned numerous honors on the football field and became a life member

of the Sigma Nu Fraternity he entered the Air Force and served 2 tours in Vietnam flying

air combat missions as a weapons controller. Upon completion of pilot training in 1968,

he returned to Vietnam and flew 209 combat missions as a Forward Air Controller in

an 0-2. Following his service in Vietnam, he flew a variety of aircraft, including the

T-38 and F-111E, and earned his Command Pilot wings with over 3,000 flight hours.

He also had numerous other assignments, including Base Commander, Fairchild AFB

and Deputy Director of Athletics, USAFA. After retiring from the Air Force as a

Colonel in 1993, he served as the Director of Operations for the 1993 World Police

and Fire Games and the 1995 US Olympic Festival, was the Commissioner of the

Colorado Athletic Conference from 1993-1995 and was a Fleet Technical Instructor

at United Airlines from 1996-2008.

After retiring from United, he dedicated his life to serving others through various

Ministries at Woodmen Valley Chapel. He was instrumental in providing meals to

thousands of underserved people in the local community, and was the Director of

Operations at the Westside Community Center from 2009-2012.

Dick is preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Betty Wolf. He is survived by his

wife Jan, daughter Shannon, son-in-law Danny Brown, grandchildren Justin and Jack,

son LtCol (USMC) Steve, daughter-in-law Kay, grandchildren Andy, Brandon and

Rachel and sister Marilyn McKinnon and her family of Massillon, Ohio.

Services will be held Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 11am. Woodmen Valley Chapel, 290 E.

Woodmen Road, Colorado Springs. Please join us online at www.Dignitymemorial.com

to view the online obituary.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his name to the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society at rmt.lls.llsevent.org/RichardWolf to support our efforts against this devastating disease.

You may also send a check made out to LLS at:

Rocky Mountain Chapter

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

720 S. Colorado Blvd

Suite 500-S

Denver, CO 80246