Dr. Robert Norton "Herbert" Wolfe

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• Name: Herbert Wolfe
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150942117
• _FGRAVE: 150942117
• _FSFTID: L5PY-79P
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5PY-79P
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Retired physicist Robert N. Wolfe, 79, a retired research physicist for Eastman Kodak Co., died of a heart attack at home Dec. 11. Mr. Wolfe was born in Falls City, Neb., and in 1930 graduated from Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. From 1930-35 he attended the University of Rochester where he received his master's and doctorate degrees in physics. He was selected for membership in Sigma Xi, a national scientific honor society. Mr. Wolfe joined Kodak as a physicist in 1935 and worked in their research laboratory for 38 years. He retired as senior research associate in 1973. For 20 years Mr. Wolfe worked in the field of photographic sensi-tometry, improving the sensitivity of film, especially with the use of filters and more efficient light sources. Mr. Wolfe studied the way light is scattered by turbidity, as it is inside the light-sensitive coating on photographic film, and thereby distorting an otherwise crisp photograph. He also designed high-efficiency viewing screens for both front and rear slide and movie R.N. Wolfe dies projection. Mr. Wolfe was frequently called on by astronomers and scientists around the country involved with photographing and mapping the spectrum, to help solve problems that arose with their photographic systems. He also contributed many papers to scientific journals and was a fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in the East. In addition to his scientific career, Mr. Wolfe was socially active through work in his church and the community. He was a member for more than 50 years of the Downtown Presbyterian Church. He served as a deacon, elder and leader in their social action work. He was a founding member of the Friends of Fight, which became Metro-Act. Mr. Wolfe is survived by his wife, Ruth C. Wolfe; a son, Alan Wolfe; a daughter, Judith W. Mark; a brother, Laurence Wolfe, of Fairfield, Iowa; a sister, Elizabeth Seath, of Lexington, Ky.; and four grandchildren. Ben Loudon

Robert married Ruth Bentley Coxford on 29 Sep 1933 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States. Ruth (daughter of David W. Coxford and Mary Ann "Minnie" McElwaine) was born on 13 Jul 1909 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States; was christened in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States; died on 23 Aug 1996 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States; was buried on 14 Sep 1996 in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Judy Wolfe
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Judith married Donald Arthur Mark on 27 Aug 1960 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: L5PY-79P
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5PY-79P
• _HASHTAG: DNA - Maternal Connection
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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a relative on the path between a DNA Match and a common ancestor

Alan married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dixon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• DNA Ancestry Match: with Daniel Wolfe as a 2nd cousin once removed with shared DNA of 76 cM across 5 segments with common great grand parents James Coxford and Mary Jane Kennedy.
• _HASHTAG: DNA - Maternal Match

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(Research):COXFORD/KENNEDY, Don Duncan and Daniel Wolfe could be 2nd cousin 1x removed through: great granparents James Coxford and Mary Jane Kennedy as common ancestors with shared DNA of 76 cM across 5 Segments as recorded in my Legacy and Ancestry family trees.

DNA Ancestry Match:
COXFORD/KENNEDY, Don Duncan and Daniel Wolfe could be 2nd cousin 1x removed through: great granparents James Coxford and Mary Jane Kennedy as common ancestors with shared DNA of 76 cM across 5 Segments as recorded in my Legacy and Ancestry family trees.

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person is on your DNA Match List.