Kenneth Richard Wolfe, 86, 910 Rosewood Drive, Celina, died at 9:10 a.m., Nov. 10, 2008, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.

He was born June 25, 1922, in New London, to Joseph "Guy" and Elsie Pond Wolfe. On Nov. 22, 1941, he married Margy Brinkman, who survives.

Other survivors are a son, Daniel Lee (Jane), Fairborn; a daughter, Cheryl (Paul) Waldron, Cincinnati; a brother, Robert (Myrna), Neptune; a sister-in-law, Ellen, Celina; and three grandchildren.

Deceased is a brother, Garold.

He owned and operated Wolfe's Appliance and Scale Gas Store on Wayne Street in Celina until 1961, worked for Great Plaines Gas Company of Ohio and retired in 1990 from Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich., where he worked as an insurance agent. He attended Living Hope Assembly of God, St. Marys, and was a 1940 graduate of the former Neptune Center Township High School.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina, the Rev. Charles Hedges officiating. Burial is at Mercer Memory Gardens, Celina.

Calling is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to the American Lung Association or the American Heart Association.  

Condolences can be left at LHDfuneralhome.com.