Mass of Christian Burial for Paul John Wolf, 85, of Hettinger, will be 9:00 am, Thursday, December 9, 2010, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger with Fr. Joseph Chipson officiating. Burial with Full Military Honors will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery.

Visitations will be from 1:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger, and one hour prior to the service on Thursday, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

A Rosary service will be Wednesday evening at 7:45 p.m. at the church.

Paul John Wolf was born November 21, 1925 at Hillsview, SD to John and Anna (Miller) Wolf. He attended grade school at Hillsview and High School at Eureka. John graduated from High School in Aberdeen, SD. Paul entered the Army in June, 1944 and was honorably discharged in June 1946.

On August 8, 1949 Paul married Helen Ziegler in Aberdeen, SD. From this union came four children; James, Mary Ann, Janet and Paul Jr. During this time Paul Sr. worked for the Milwaukee Railroad as an agent-operator from December 1946 until April 1982. He then worked for Burlington Northern Railroad April 1982 until retiring in June 1986.

Paul passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Western Horizons Care Center in Hettinger, ND.

Grateful for having shared his life are; his wife, Helen; children, James (Lynn) Wolf, Detroit Lakes, MN, Janet Holt, Reeder, ND, Paul Jr., Hettinger, ND; siblings, Lawrence Wolf and Pius Wolf, Helen Imberi, Theresa Imberi, Pauline Roerich, Frances Hunter and Maggie Sanders; 10 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, one daughter, Mary Ann Shear, and daughter-in-law, Jeannie Wolf.