Obituaries

Donn Wolf, Former Farmington Hills City Council Member, Dies

Wolff's political career included service on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.

Former Farmington Hills mayor and city council member Donn Wolf is being remembered as a man who was always interested in politics. 

Wolf died Friday after being ill since November with a form of brain cancer, The Oakland Press reports. He was 77. 

“He was always, always interested in politics. It came from his mom ... his mom took him out as a little boy, door-to-door politicking,” his wife, Shirley Wolf, told the newspaper. Donn Wolf's political career included service on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. 

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Visitation will be held Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m., at McCabe Funeral Home, 31950 W. Twelve Mile Rd. in Farmington Hills. A funeral service will be held Monday at 11 a.m., at Christ Church Cranbrook, 470 Church Rd. in Bloomfield Hills. 

According to an obituary on the funeral home's website, Wolf was a University of Michigan graduate and received his Masters Degree in theological studies from Harvard University. An ordained Episcopal minister, he also worked for DTE Energy.

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