Ray Wolfe
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Ray Wolfe was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
from 1944 to 1945.
. He moved to Alaska
in January 1927 to work for his uncle in a sheet metal
shop at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and C Street. 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.
In 1972, Wolfe sold the department store
to his nephew, Jerry Wolf, who renamed it Wolf's Home Furnishings.
Wolfe died the morning of October 5, 1977 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
from 1944 to 1945.
Biography
Ray G. Wolfe was born September 23, 1905 in West Liberty, IowaWest Liberty, Iowa
West Liberty is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area....
. He moved to Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
in January 1927 to work for his uncle in a sheet metal
Sheet metal
Sheet metal is simply metal formed into thin and flat pieces. It is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking, and can be cut and bent into a variety of different shapes. Countless everyday objects are constructed of the material...
shop at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and C Street. 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
Alaska Senate
The Alaska Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Senate consists of twenty members, each of whom represents an equal amount of districts with populations of about 31,347 people . Senators serve four-year terms, without term...
as a Republican.
In 1972, Wolfe sold the department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
to his nephew, Jerry Wolf, who renamed it Wolf's Home Furnishings.
Wolfe died the morning of October 5, 1977 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.