Richard Earl Wolfe was born on Aug. 8, 1942, in Lampasas. He lived most of his life in the community of Adamsville, where he raised his four children. He died on June 18, 2023, near Goldthwaite, at the age of 80.
He is survived by his wife, Cherry Wolfe; four children and their spouses, Jean and Dickie Clary, Julie and Glenn Rhoades, Cindy and Curtis Hurst, and Charlie and Holly Wolfe; 15 grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren.
Richard was a longtime member of the Berean Christadelphians of Lampasas and Goldthwaite. He looked forward to the time when God will wipe away all tears, there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, and Christ will reign on the earth.
Richard was a farmer, rancher, dairyman, and a Lampasas County road and bridge construction worker. He also was the owner/operator of Adamsville Farm and Ranch Supply for seven years. His last job was as a ranch manager, and he spent months constructing a tank with a dam. During this job, he took many photos of nature and wildlife, documenting his appreciation for God’s creation.
He worked hard and he played hard. As a young man, he used to make a new piece of playground equipment for his kids each year, including a tall swing, a trampoline and go-cart. As a grandparent, he played tag football, rollerbladed and played pocket-knife games with his grandkids. Even as a great-grandparent, he would jump off the rope swing into the tank and do a flip, always in his blue jeans. He always took the time to push kids on the rope swing for as long as they wanted.
He will be remembered for his love for his family, honesty, generosity and compassion for the less fortunate. He loved raising border collies, hunting rattlesnakes, collecting arrowheads, telling stories, gardening with Cherry, serving watermelon for the annual Hye Watermelon party, and fishing and camping with his family.
Richard loved animals and had many pets over his lifetime, including crows, fawns, skunks, raccoons, squirrels and even a monkey. His beloved dog Sassy loved to jump into a large water trough shared between two pens, swim under the dividing fence, and come out in the other pen.
His last years were complicated by vascular dementia, but his love for spiritual values, family, nature and industriousness shone through even then.
Services were held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel on June 21, and interment followed at Townsen Cemetery in Adamsville.
