Background
Ray G. Wolfe was born September 23, 1905 in West Liberty, Iowa.
Ray G. Wolfe was born September 23, 1905 in West Liberty, Iowa.
In the years to follow, he purchased the business and converted it into Wolfe"s Department Store. Wolfe was elected to a single term as Mayor of Anchorage in 1944. In 1960, he ran a failed campaign for a seat in the Alaska Senate as a Republican.
Wolfe died the morning of October 5, 1977 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.