ALS claims life of SCMT teacher Tom Wolf
By **** JOHNSON, ****.johnson@globegazette.com
SHEFFIELD — No lousy Lou Gehrig’s Disease could stop Tom Wolf’s sense of humor.

His brother, Ralph, visited recently and left a nice cigar for Tom’s old friend, Ned Bohach.

When Bohach showed up days later, Tom’s wife, Ann, placed the cigar between her husband’s fingers.

“He wasn’t going to die ’til you came and got that cigar,” Ann said.

That was Tom Wolf.

The disease, ALS, took the longtime Sheffield-Chapin/Meservey-Thornton teacher Thursday at age 64.

“He was a very jolly person,” Bohach said. “He was fun to be with, just an all-around nice young man. He was a big BS’er from the word go. He touched the lives of so many people. It’s a big loss to our community.”

“Obviously, everybody knew him and everybody had him as a teacher,” said fellow teacher-coach Tom Severe. “He had a lot of friends.”

Wolf, a social studies teacher, coached boys golf until a year ago.

He was a passionate St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, retired teacher Gary Nelson said, and a dedicated teacher and coach.

“He was just a good family man,” Nelson said. “He loved being around kids.”

Wolf was honored in 2007 by elementary school students who raised more than $600 to fight ALS.

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