Claude Milton Wolfram

Feb. 20, 1894 – Mar. 10, 1972

Claude M. Wolfram, 78, of 1310 E. Ewing Ave., died 6:10 a.m. Friday in Great Southwest Hospital, Grand Prairie, Tex. He was visiting his daughter, Mrs. H. E. Quinn of Arlington, Tex.

He was born on Feb. 20, 1894 in Monterey, Ind., and had lived here 48 years, coming from Talma, Ind. His first wife, Ethel, died in 1943. In 1949, he married Minnie Wygant, who survives, along with his daughter, Mrs. Quinn, two other daughters, Mrs. Charles W. Clemens of South Bend, and Mrs. Nancy Logan of Port Clinton, Ohio; a son, M. Dwight Wygant of Los Gatos, Calif.; seven grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Robertson of Ames, Iowa, and Mrs. Adah Smith of South Bend.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Forest G. Hay and Son Funeral Home, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday by Rev. Forest W. Howell, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church of which Mr. Wolfram was a member and teacher of the Booster’s Class 40 years. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Leiters Ford, Ind.

Mr. Wolfram was a retired Riley High School social studies teacher. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Tri-State University and received his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. He was a World War l veteran and a member of Lodge 294 F. & A.M. the Scottish Rite, and Orak Temple.

Memorial contributions may be made to the memorial fund, Grace United Methodist Church.

Published in the South Bend Tribune on March 11, 1972.

09/23/2023 DEC