Jimmie “Jim” Wolfrum, 82, Warsaw, passed away at 3:20 a.m. April 13, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born Aug. 26, 1931, in Carey, Ohio, to George and Donna McClain Wolfrum. On Feb. 28, 1953, he married Dorothy Lee Cox, who survives in Warsaw. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He graduated from Upper Sandusky High School in Ohio in 1949. He was a star football player and track hurdler – earning the name “Blaze” because he was so fast he burned up the track. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton during the Korean War. He was a resident of Kosciusko County for the past 39 years, where he worked as an engineer for Sprint for 37 years, retiring in 1990. While living in Ohio, he was active as a volunteer fireman, a town councilman, a member of the Ohio State Patrol Auxiliary, Toast Masters and the American Legion. In 1975, he and his family moved to Warsaw, where he volunteered on the Sprint CR Team. He was an avid Warsaw Tigers football and track fan as well as a longtime swimmer at the YMCA. He also will be lovingly remembered by his two daughters, Sybil (and spouse William) Burskey, Lucas, Ohio, and Cynthia (and spouse Bruce) Coppes, Warsaw; four grandchildren: Cynthia (and spouse Greg) Meyer, Lebanon, Ohio; Erin (and spouse Jason) Mudra, Mansfield, Ohio; Emma and Jeremy Coppes, both of Warsaw; and three great-grandchildren: Claire and Charlotte Mudra and Owen Meyer; three sisters: Joan Sanders and Carol Sue Winroth, both of Marion, Ohio; and Pat Fitzpatric, Findlay, Ohio; many nieces and nephews; and his loving, wonderful neighbors Terry and Mary Armstrong, Warsaw. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Roger Wolfrum; and two sisters, Margie Hehr and Jean lles. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, with Brad Brail officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post 49 and VFW #1126, both of Warsaw. A private burial will be Friday at Little Sandusky Cemetery, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Calling is from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to the Boomerang Backpacks program, a program that supplies food for underprivileged children over the weekend with backpacks returned Monday to be refilled with non-perishable food items. Make checks payable to Boomerang Backpacks, c/o Lincoln Elementary School, 203 N. Lincoln St., Warsaw, IN 46580. Condolences may be sent via www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
