Jack Sloan Rolf

Jack Sloan Rolf died Sunday, February 13, 2011, of congestive heart failure in Irving.
Services were held with military honors on Monday, February 21, at DFW National Cemetery followed by memorial services at Brown’s Memorial Chapel in Irving.

Rolf was born in 1925 in Little Rock, Ark., and grew up in Clarendon, graduating from Clarendon High School in 1941. He was the descendant of American colonists and pioneers of Dallas County.

He served for 32 months in the Pacific with the Marine Corps during World War II and became a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve in 1950. After his tour of duty, he graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1949 and became a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald and was an organizer of the Dallas Press Club. He was its first membership chairman and a member of the first nominating committee.

Rolf was active in the public affairs of the Texas oil and gas industry for more than 34 years, retiring in 1985 from Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association. He was a life member of the 1st Marine Division Association, Navy League of the United States, and the National Rifle Association.

Rolf was married to his wife Wanda for 62 years. The couple has three daughters, Laurie Neill and husband John Michael of Florida, Lana Myers and husband David of Coppell, and Virginia (Ginny) Burns and husband Jay of Dallas; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Bethel Methodist Church, PO Box 93537, Southlake, TX 76092.