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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271176
Title: Albert A. Wolf
Date: 4/27/1931-4/27/2023
Inscription/Marks: 4/27/1931
Summary: After a long life of service to God, family, friends, clients, country and community, Albert Adam Wolf, 92, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2023, at the St. Gabriel’s Community in Bismarck, ND. Mass of Christian burial was held at Corpus Christi Catholic Church on July 29, 2023, with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Albert was born April 27, 1931. He was the youngest of eleven children raised by German-Russian immigrants on a farm outside Strasburg, ND. He attended grade school in a one-room, country schoolhouse and graduated as president of his class from Strasburg High School in 1948. He attended college and law school in St. Paul, MN, where he received an undergraduate degree from the University of St. Thomas in 1952 and a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in 1956. After law school, Albert served as first lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) at Fort Carson, CO, and Fort Knox, KY. He later returned to North Dakota, where he served as Burleigh County States Attorney and Special Assistant Attorney General. Albert represented many clients in over 50 years of private practice at the Wheeler Wolf Law Firm, including the Bismarck Public School District, the Tribal Council of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe at Fort Yates, and the Benedictine Health Systems, where he ultimately was a community resident for six years. Albert also was a co-founder and board member of Twilight Hills (now Huff Hills), Executive Director, lobbyist and General Counsel for the Independent Community Banks of North Dakota and co-founder, board member and General Counsel of Bismarck State Bank (now Bravera Bank). Albert was actively involved in politics and served as a lobbyist in the North Dakota legislature and US Congress. He managed US Senator Quentin Burdick’s successful 1970 reelection campaign and was a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kennedy Memorial Foundation, which operates the Kennedy Memorial Center that houses the North Dakota Democratic-NPL party headquarters in Bismarck. Albert believed strongly in the importance of serving his community, whether that was fundraising for a charity or serving on the board of a local nonprofit. He was a member and supporter of many organizations, including Bismarck Rotary Club, Serra Club, Knights of Columbus, Elks Club, University of Mary, St. Mary’s Central High School, Bismarck State College, Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, the God’s Child Project and United Way. Albert was particularly proud of participating in the founding of Shiloh Christian School and the key roles he played in getting the Emmons County portion of US Highway 83 dedicated as “The Lawrence Welk Highway” and having the Lawrence Welk homestead in Strasburg designated as a State Historic Site. After a long courtship, Albert married the love of his life, Karen Rausch, in 1974. They raised three daughters, all graduates of St. Mary’s Central High School, and were active parent boosters of the high school sports teams and musical groups. Albert and Karen had a deep faith and were very involved in parish life, serving for years as lectors and choir members. Albert knew everyone, and everyone knew Albert. He was usually the first one to church and the last one to leave any party. He loved music and was known to start a spontaneous singalong. He always wanted to sing one more song, dance one more dance, visit with one more friend. He went above and beyond for everyone he met and was fiercely loyal to and always kept in touch with friends and family, often making a vacation or work trip a “visiting tour” to see his people. He loved to socialize with friends over a round of golf, a card game and a bowl of popcorn at the Elk’s Club, or a “barley sandwich” at the Peacock Alley bar. Albert is survived by his daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren, Gretchen Wolf and Travis Schulz, Eli (11) and Ava (7) of Chicago, Heidi and Mark Mankey, Michael (13) and Charlie (7) of Maple Grove, and Anna and Anthony Lee, Lucy (6) of Urbandale, IA, and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, friends and his law partner, Jack McDonald, and legal assistant of 50 years, Dianne Taix. Albert was preceded in death by his wife, Karen (Rausch) Wolf; his parents, Adam and Magdalena (Wickenheiser) Wolf; and his brothers and sisters and their spouses, Magdalena Burkhardt (Carl), Anton Wolf (Amelia), Ignatius Wolfe (Agnes), John Wolf (Lillian), Phillipine McNeil (Paul), Michael Wolf (Theresa), Christine Wolf, Barbara Bantz (Charles), Peter Wolf (Agatha), and Joseph Wolf (Betty).
Red ID: FND_I_78663 Image ID: 557388 Image Notes: FND001 271176

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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