Benjamin Nathaniel Wolfe

Benjamin N. Wolfe, age 77, of Twin Lakes, WI, died on Friday morning, November 23, 2018 at his home.

Benjamin Nathaniel Wolfe was born on February 23, 1941 in Baxley, GA, the son of the late Benjamin L. and Verdie Obright Wolfe. 

Benjamin served as an E4 in the United States Navy from Dec. 22, 1961 until discharge on May 5, 1966.  He served on the USS Constellation.  He served in Vietnam and earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Viet Nam) and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon.

Benjamin lived in Baxley, GA until he moved to Twin Lakes, WI in 1966 and started work at Heavy Duty in Lake Geneva where he met his future wife, Kathleen M. Lindemann.  They were married on May 4, 1968 at Calvary United Church of Christ in Twin Lakes.  He worked for Heavy Duty for 10 years and then as a maintenance and air conditioning technician for Nestles in Burlington for 33 years.

Benjamin was a member of the Brooksville, FL American Legion Post #186 and the Kansasville, WI, VFW Post #7924.  He enjoyed NASCAR and gardening.

Benjamin is survived by:  His wife, Kathleen; 2 children, Michael (Jennifer) Wolfe of Spring Hill, FL and Amber (Kevin) Coursey of Twin Lakes, WI; 5 grandchildren, Michelle, Mikayla, Megan, Madison and Matthew; 2 sisters, Jeanette Beckworth of Baxley, GA and Linda (Claude Murray) Gale of Blackshear, GA.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Drawdy and 2 brothers, Robert and Larry.

The Wolfe Family will receive friends from 4:00PM until the time of Memorial Services at 6:00PM on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 at Calvary United Church, 1511 Wilmot Ave. Twin Lakes, WI.  Memorial Remembrances may be made to the Dayton House, 521 59th St. Kenosha, WI 53140 or the Veteran’s Home, 21425 Spring St. Union Grove, WI 53182.  For online guestbook: haaselockwoodfhs.com.  The Haase-Lockwood & Assoc. Funeral Home and Crematory of Twin Lakes is serving the Wolfe Family.