{"id":48783,"date":"2016-02-15T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=48783"},"modified":"2016-02-20T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:42:31","slug":"the-last-call-for-kenneth-wolff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/02\/15\/the-last-call-for-kenneth-wolff\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Last Call\u2019 for Kenneth Wolff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured, from left, Fire Coordinator John Scott and First Assistant Chief Jim Morris hold the fire service marker that will adorn Kenneth Wolff\u2019s grave upon burial. They are pictured inside Croton Hose Co. #3\u2019s station in the Flats, where members gathered on Sunday to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d to Wolff. (Photos by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The wreath that hung on Croton Hose Co. #3\u2019s station in the Flats in honor of the fallen Kenneth Wolff is placed on a fire truck as members of the company prepare to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d. Pictured, department member Earl Hartman looks on.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fire department members from Croton Hose Co. #3 walk in formation behind a fire truck on Sunday as they proceed to the home of the late Kenneth Wolff, an active department member for 75 years. The members stopped just down the road at the home of Kenneth Wolff to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d to his family, who gathered in front of the home.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Family members of Kenneth Wolff are pictured outside of the family\u2019s home on Sunday as members from Croton Hose Co. #3 in the Flats arrived to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d in honor of the late Kenneth Wolff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kenneth Wolff\u2019s widow, Jeana, is pictured with her sons Edgar and Kenneth Jr. outside of the family\u2019s home on Sunday as members from Croton Hose Co. #3 in the Flats arrive to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d, and to honor their former department member.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Earl Hartman offers a fire department marker to Kenneth Wolff\u2019s widow, Jeana. The marker will adorn Wolff\u2019s grave upon his burial.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Feb. 14, firefighters from Owego\u2019s Croton Hose Co. #3 in the Flats paid tribute to one of their firefighters by rendering the \u201cLast Call\u201d, an honorary fire department tradition. Long-time member Ken Wolff passed away on Jan. 18 of this year at the age of 92, and following 75 years as an active member with the fire department.<\/p>\n

The temperatures were well into the single digits on Sunday, as department members readied the fire truck, and placed a wreath that represents the fallen on its side. Once ready, members followed the truck down Talcott Street, and stopped at the home of the late Kenneth Wolff to render the \u201cLast Call\u201d to his family.<\/p>\n

Once there, and with the family members outside to receive the call, a voice came over the radio in the truck, and the bells and sirens rang, signifying the \u201cLast Call\u201d in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

In this emotion provoking tribute, the bell ringing recalls a time when the fire bell rang to call firefighters to an alarm and then, again, to signal that the alarm had ended.<\/p>\n

For the \u201cLast Call\u201d, the radio replicates the events of the firefighter\u2019s last call.<\/p>\n

A tearful Jeana Wolff, Kenneth\u2019s widow, following the \u201cLast Call\u201d, was handed a fire department marker that will adorn his grave upon burial. Alongside Jeana were her sons, Wolfgang (Skip) and Kenneth Jr.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Wolff was very deserving of this honor as he spent his entire life serving the fire department, as well as the community. According to Earl Hartman, volunteer firefighter, Wolff served at one time as a fire chief and fire coordinator, and was responsible for establishing 911 in Tioga County.<\/p>\n

Dick Franz, also a longtime fire department member, talked of Wolff\u2019s service to the community, as well as to his country. According to Franz, Wolff served five years in the Navy as a gunner in the Naval Air Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis combat stories were great,\u201d said Franz on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Franz also described Wolff as one of the most unifying guys they ever had, and that he served in all offices.<\/p>\n

Judy Hartman, also a volunteer firefighter, arrived to honor their longtime member. Hartman has been a member of the department for a much shorter time than Wolff, but explained that she feels like a life member as her dad, Harold Baker, was in Croton Hose Co. #3.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in this station,\u201d said Judy.<\/p>\n

And the camaraderie could be felt as fellow members braved the cold temperatures on Sunday to honor Wolff.<\/p>\n

John Loftus, a department member, described Wolff as having a positive attitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always been an active community member,\u201d described Loftus, who added that Wolff served as Republican Chairman and was active in politics, behind the scenes. He was also the veteran\u2019s administrator at one time.<\/p>\n

But most of all, according to Loftus, Wolff was active in the fire department.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was deep in fire service,\u201d said Loftus.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Wolff will be buried at a later time. The \u201cLast Call\u201d, on the other hand, paid honor and tribute to the service that Wolff gave to his community \u2013 without asking for anything in return.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

A wreath, signifying fallen department members, adorns the Croton Hose Co. #3\u2019s station on Talcott Street in honor of the late Kenneth Wolff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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