Educator.
Born at England around 1897, son of William Wolfe (1871-1934) and Georgina Frances Wolfe (c1874-?), he immigrated to Canada with his family in 1915 and lived at 494 Simcoe Street (1921, 1926). He attended teacher training and embarked upon a 42-year career in education, beginning teaching around the mid-1920s.
He taught at Loon Straits School (?-?), Melrose West School (1930), Highland School (1930-1931, Principal), and Deloraine School (1934-1935, Principal), Falconer Collegiate (1935-1936), and was Principal of Carman School (1940-1941). In the early 1940s, he joined the staff of the Winnipeg School District and taught at Hugh John Macdonald School (1944-1959) and Grant Park High School (1960-1968), the latter from which he retired in June 1968.
On 28 June 1930, he married fellow educator Blanche Clarissa Hark (1906-1986) at East Selkirk. They had two daughters: Kathleen Nancy Wolfe (1936-1937) and Eileen Patricia Wolfe (c1938-2020, wife of Norman John Davidson), and later resided at 539 Borebank Street in Winnipeg. During his time at Deloraine, he was active involved in administration of the Deloraine Tennis Club (1936) and, while in Winnipeg, was a member of the Southwood Golf and Country Club.
He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 1 May 1974 and his cremains were interred in the Brookside Cemetery.
1921, 1926, and 1931 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registrations [Richard Jeffreys Wolfe to Blanche Clarissa Hark], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [William Wolfe, Kathleen Nancy Wolfe], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Western sport [Deloraine, Man.],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 May 1936, page 21.
“School needs its own jail?,” Brandon Sun, 13 April 1968, page 2.
Obituary, ” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 May 1974, page 34.
Brookside Cemetery burial transcriptions [Kathleen Wolfe, Richard Jeffreys Wolfe, Blanche Wolfe], City of Winnipeg.
Brookside Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Obituary [Eileen Patricia Davidson], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 2020.
Obituary [Norman John Davidson], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 August 2022.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 March 2026
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