educator religious leader and administrator
He was born November 13, 1919 in the Zarephath section of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, to Gertrude Metlen (1888-1959) and Albert Wolfram (1877-1962). Gertrude Metlen was the daughter of the former Venora Ella Bridwell (sister of Alma Bridwell White, founder of the Pillar of Fire) and David Evans Metlen of Dillon, Montana.
Columbia University.
Both were missionaries in the Pillar of Fire Church. Gertrude had the following siblings: Bruce Joseph Metlen. Genevieve East. Metlen; and Dale East. Metlen.
Gertrude and Albert had married in 1909.
Wolfram had two siblings: Orland A. Wolfram (1912-1987) who died in Guatemala. And Gordon West. Wolfram (1922-1992).
He was ordained as a minister in 1935 at age 16. He earned his Bachelor of Surgery from Alma White College.
He next obtained his Master of Surgery from Columbia University, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Denver.
Wolfram taught at the Pillar of Fire high schools and colleges and was the dean of Belleview College in Westminster, Colorado. He was co-pastor of the Pillar of Fire Alma Temple in Denver. He had a radio program on KPOF. He also had several programs on WAWZ in New Jersey and WAKW in Cincinnati.
He died on August 25, 2003 of pancreatic cancer.
He was buried in Belleview Cemetery in Westminster, Colorado.
