Dr. David Clay Wolfe

Dr. David Clay Wolfe passed away on September 8, 2014. He was born May 19, 1932 in Muskogee Oklahoma to Dr. Ira Clay and Bertha Wolfe. He lived a wonderful childhood in Muskogee. He later married Mary Leming, another Muskogee native, on March 2, 1951.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University in 1953 and completed his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1957.

Dr. Wolfe entered the United States Air Force in 1958 as a flight surgeon for the B-47 bomb group out of Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 1960, he completed his orthopedic residency at Wilford Hall USAF Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He then moved onto Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Illinois where he was Chief of Orthopedic Surgery for 2 years. From there he was deployed to Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam as an orthopedic surgeon for the 12th USAF Hospital PACAF. After Vietnam, Dr. Wolfe returned to Wilford Hall as professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He was shortly thereafter honorably discharged from the Air Force as major.

Following his military service, Dr. Wolfe spent several years in private practice in San Antonio and Seguin, Texas. He practiced orthopedic medicine with the San Antonio Orthopedic Group from 1969-79 before he opened a private surgery practice in Seguin, Texas. He retired in 1993 after 30 years of practicing medicine.

He spent several years of joyful retirement with his wife Mary traveling the world, and spending time with his family and friends. He enjoyed hobbies such as flying remote control airplanes and sculpting as well as fishing. He and Mary attended First Baptist Church where he enjoyed teaching men’s Sunday school for several years.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Wolfe, after 63 loving years of marriage, his brother Joseph Wolfe, his son Kenneth David Wolfe, his daughter-in-law, Linda Horton Wolfe, his grandsons Mark David Wolfe and Stephen Clay Wolfe and their respective wives Veronica Wolfe and Kristin Scull Wolfe.

Dr. Wolfe was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church in Seguin, Texas.

“Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5

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