Clackamas-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wolfer, George November 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com January 4, 2007, 7:32 am Oregon Statesman November 11,1930 George Wolfer Passes Away Pionner Resident Of Hubbard Passes Away At Age 88 Hubbard,Nov.1- Many friends and relatives gathered at the Hubbard city hall on Sunday afternoon to do honor to the memory of George J.Wolfer,a highly respected and loved pioneer merchant,who had spent almost his entire life of 88 years,seven months and 11 days in their midst,taking an active interest not only in the activiities of the early pioneer days but also keenly interested in affairs of the present time. Rev.S.E.Long of Salem,who officiated at teh services at the requst of Mr.Wolfer in directions for his funeral read after his death,spoke of his friend as a person who was always fair and square in his dealings with others to the extent that he(Mr.Wolfer) would rather take harm than to give it. Mrs.Julius Stauffer,Mrs.E.A.McKay,Avon Jesse and John Moomaw,members of the quartet,sang the selection "Rock of Ages" and "Sweet By d By".Avon Jesse sang the solo"Shadows".Miss Anita Bevens was the pianist.Pall bearers were August Will,Otto Miller, and Julius Stauffer,all of Hubbard,Jonas Will and Colman Mark,both of Aurora and Randy Zimmerman of Canby.Mrs.Elmer Stauffer,Mrs.W.S. McManals and Mrs.J.R.Ridgood had charge of the flowers of which there was a profusion of lovely ones. At the Hubbard cemetary where Mr.Wolfer was buried beside his wife,who had preceded him in death,eight years ago,the members of the quartet sang two songs"Asleep in Jesus" and "Some Sweet Day By and By",and prayer was offered by Reverend Long.The grave was covered with flowers,a plenty for both the graves of the father and mother.The funeral director was S.A.Miller,of Aurora,also chosen by Mr.Wolfer in his final directions. Mr.Wolfers death occurred on Wednesday evening,November 5,following an illness of several weeks. Life Was Varied The life of "Dad" Wolfer,as he was called by his close friends,had spanned the candle stick and spinning wheel age to the present time of electricity and the machine age ,and during all those years he had given of his time and talents generously toward the progress of his beloved state.Memoirs of his life reveal the fact that he not oonly kept abreast of the times but forged ahead always predicting something greater is the way of achievements.He was the first in Hubbard to have a telephone in his home-35 years ago when he owned the general store here.He had a radio in his home since 1911 when he and his foster sons,Clark and Charles Will,twin brothers,whom Mr.and Mrs.Wolfer raised from babies to manhood,would experiment with wireless instruments receiving messages before such a thing was scarcely dreamed of. Greta was Mr.Wolfer's joy to recline in his easy chair before a modern radio and listen in on one of our modern radio pograms.in 1926,Mr.Wolfer,accompanied y his daughter,Miss Henrietta Wolfer,and a friend,Miss Florence Bearsley,enjoyed his first airplane ride at Los Angeles,Cal. Fifty years ago,Mr.Wolfer helped grade the main line of the Southern Pacific highway as far south as Albany using ox teams for power. Mr.Wolfer's life was full of adventures.He was a great hunter and had one of the finest collections of guns in the state.He was a member of the G.A.R. serving for a short time in the Civil War with Compnay F.,71st Missouri volunteer infantry. The last week in August 1870,George Wolfer,Cptain Christoff Wolf,John Will and Henry F.Fink,climbed Mt.Hood,Mr.Wolfer reached the top.Mr.Fink,noted author and music critic,mention the incident in his book,"My Adventures In The Golden Age Of Music" in which he describes the trip,mentioning the name so fhis associates.Mr.Fink was a close friend of Mr.Wolfer and his son,Clark Will,who cherishes a letter written by Mr.Fink to Mr.Will and also the last letter written by the great music critics as his death occurred shortly after. Mr.Wolfer formerly owned the Hubbadr Mineral Springs,formerly known as the "Wolfer Spriings",and the old pioneer enjoyed recalling the days when the deer and other wild animals went to the springs to drink. Mr.Wolfer,the third son of Rudolph and Catherine Wolfer,was born in New Albany,Ind.,March 25,1842.When he was five yers of age the family moved to Bethel,Mo.,and later,when Mr.Wolfer was 31 years of age,crossing the plains by ox train to Oregon.They were members of the large train of 350 persons who came from Bethel,Mo., in 1863 to join the Aurora colony,founded by Dr.William Keil,Mr.Wolfer was active in colony affairs.he was a member of the Aurora pioneer band and played the bell and baum(beel and tree),the rare old tree shaped instrument covered with many bells found among the relics in Aurora. iin Aurora.He took a great prde in keeping all those bells clean and bright.He would take them all off the frame and polish each one,before replacing it,according to his daughter,Mrs.Sadie Scholl.Later Mr.Wolfer was a member of the Hubbard band-he having moved here 57 years ago. On February 23,1873,Mr.Wolfer and Otilla Will were married and to this union were born four children,two sons and two daughters,Edward,Alfred,Sadie and Henrietta.Mr.Wolfer was a father alos to Charles and Clark Will,the later speaking of him as" a good father to us boys".Alfred Wolfer died in the spring of 1922 and Charles died three years ago.Besides his children,Mr.Wolfer is survived bu one sister,Mrs.Charles Stuffer,of Hubbard,and two brothers,William Wolfer of HUbbard and David Wolfer of Macksberg,eight grandchildren and a host of friends. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/obits/w/wolfer2899gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb