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Remembering
Arnie W. Wolff
Green Bay Fire Department — Wisconsin
Classification: Career
Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: August 13, 2006
Age: 55
Arnie (Arnold) W. Wolff died August 13,
2006, when a floor collapsed as he
fought a structure fire. He was the
first firefighter to die in the line
of duty in Green Bay. Arnie was
born July 14, 1951, in Portage,
Wisconsin. He graduated
from Poynette High School
in 1969 and from the
University of Wisconsin-
Madison in 1975, with a
degree in agricultural/
business management.
He first worked as an
assistant co-op manager
in Chilton, Wisconsin,
and then as manager in
Mishicot at the Cenex
Cooperative. He met and
later married the former
Mary Jerabek on August 18,
1979, at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Minitowoc.
While living in Mishicot, Arnie
started volunteering with the Mishicot
Ambulance Service. After leaving the coop
business, he started working for the former
M&T Ambulance, Manitowoc, as an EMT-ID. On
January 26, 1989, Arnie began working for the City
of Green Bay as a firefighter/paramedic. He was
just recently promoted to lieutenant and was very
involved in teaching future paramedics.
Arnie became very involved with soccer
once his children started playing the
game. He coached several recreational
teams, helped found and
managed the first Green Bay
Lightning U-11 girls’ select
soccer team and, at the time
of his death, had coached
his daughter’s select soccer
team in Allouez. Arnie
was certified as a master
soccer referee official.
Arnie was a true handyman,
having built his
family’s last two homes.
His last project was a
pond in the backyard.
He had an avid passion to
read and was always at his
children’s activities. Family
was always his first priority.
Survivors include his wife, Mary;
three children, Eric, Ryan, and
Kathryn; his parents, Marlene and
Harold Wolff; brothers, Jeffrey, Paul, and
Rick; parents-in-law, Clarence and Kathryn Jerabek;
brother-in-law, Mark Jerabek; and his brothers and
sisters of the Green Bay Fire Department.
We will always remember our hero, Arnie!!