David Jon Wolff, age 81, of New Ulm,  passed away Friday, May 17, 2024 at Abbott Northwestern.

Funeral Service will be at 11 am on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at Minnesota Valley- SOUTH CHAPEL, with Pastor Gerhardt Miller officiating. Burial with full military honors accorded by the New Ulm Area Comrades of Valor Honor Guard will follow in New Ulm City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10-11 on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home-SOUTH CHAPEL in New Ulm.

To leave an online condolence for his family, or to sign the guestbook, go to: www.mvfh.org

David Jon Wolff, 81, was born April 4, 1943, to Wesley and Elvera (Rask) Wolff of Circle Pines, Minnesota.  He graduated from Centennial High School in 1961. His family often sang, played guitar, and played piano at their church. He worked at a local racetrack, on a sod field and at the St Paul Ford plant. David joined the Navy in 1962 and was on active duty for three years. He served on the flight deck of the carrier USS  Independence and was stationed in San Diego, CA, Beeville, TX. After discharge, he attended the U of M in the College of Forestry in Recreation Management.  He was employed by the Department of Natural Resources as Regional  Trails and Waterways manager in southwest Minnesota covering  a twenty-seven county area. His valued and skillful crews developed and maintained multi-purpose trails on the abandoned railroads, built and maintained public accesses on lakes, and installed handicap access piers and boat docks.

David and his wife Sue Ellen (Winter) were married in 1967. Their son Jason Allan was born October 12, 1973, and was the  light of their life. It was a very sad time when he died April 13, 2020.

David enjoyed restoring Sue's grandfather's 1949 Ford, which he drove to local cruise-ins each summer. He was always tuned into Classic Country and Country Gospel music.

David is survived by his wife Sue; sister Kristine (Wolff) and Kenneth Hanson; nieces and nephews Jody (David) Lee, Jenny (Jeff) Bouma, Joshua (Gretchen) Paulson, Jeremy (Emily) Paulson - their father Jon (Nancy) Paulson, sister-in-law Betty (Winter) Brown; nieces Dana (Pete) Mullins, Ann (Jerod) Strong, Lynn Brown, Jon (Dana) Gertner, Bethany (Trey) Kent, Roxanne Beaupre, Bradley (Tamara) Grotte, Craig (Lisa) Grotte, and Camille Grotte.

He was preceded in death by his son Jason, grandparents Oscar and Ruth Wolff, Andrew and Emma Rask, parents Wesley and Elvera Wolff, sister Rebecca Paulson, niece Amy Paulson, nephew-in-law Kevin Allen, parents-in-law Waldo and Evelyn (Rolston) Winter, brother-and-sister-in-law Phillip and Leah Grotte, sister-in-law Wallis Winter, brother-in-law Tim Brown.