Springfield, MO – Dr. Marion Lee Wolf, age 83. Passed away April 8, 2025 in the Quail Creek Skilled Care facility in Springfield, MO.

Marion was born January 19, 1942, in the home of his parents, Martin L. and Verma L. Wolf, in Strafford, MO.  After graduating from Strafford High School in 1959, Marion went to Southwest Missouri State College (now MSU) and graduated in 1963.

Marion then married his high school sweetheart, Patsy Gibson in 1964.  They moved to Columbia where he entered medical school at the University of MO.    He graduated with honors in 1968, and then went on to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for a straight medicine internship.  After serving in the Medical Corps in the Army for a year, he completed an Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Marion returned to the Ozarks, practicing in the Smith Glynn Callaway Clinic and Mercy Hospital in Springfield from 1975 to 1997.  After retiring in 1997, he took a half time position at Citizen's Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, MO.

Marion started serving as an Athletic Team Physician and Orthopedic Consultant for SMSU in 1975.  He also served as the Athletic Team Physician for Drury for five years and for Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.  Marion has been involved in the development of three Sports Medicine Centers in Southwest Missouri, including Southwest Missouri Regional Sports Medicine Clinic on the SMS campus, the Midwest Sports Medicine Center in Springfield and Citizens Memorial Hospital Sports Medicine Center in Bolivar, MO.  This work was all volunteer.  Because of his work in sports medicine, he was inducted into The Athletic Trainers Association Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and was the first physician inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Along with his practice of medicine, Dr. Wolf served as an Adjunct Professor at SMSU.  He was president of the Missouri State Orthopedic Association Board of Healing Arts Advisory Council for Athletic Trainers, a member of the Greene County Medical Society, the Missouri State Orthopedic Association, and the American Medical Association.  Marion was a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

Marion especially enjoyed his family.  He enjoyed fishing with his friends and family and teaching his children and grandchildren how to fish.  He learned knifemaking and gave knives to his family and friends.  Some of his other hobbies were playing golf and collecting cars.  He was a member of University Heights Baptist Church where he served on the trustees.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Patsy, 3 children; daughter, Shanna (Lester) Boyle, 2 sons; Clinton (Dina) and Bradley (Phillip Webb), grandchildren; Shaylyn (Aaron) Chestnut, Hayden Boyle, Gabrielle Wolf, Bryce Wolf, Tyrese Webb-Wolf, and 1 great granddaughter, Fern Chestnut.

Visitation will be held Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 5-7 PM at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Funeral service Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 2 PM in University Heights Baptist Church with burial to follow at 5:30 PM in Galloway Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be given to University Hope c/o University Heights Baptist Church, 1010 S. National, Springfield, MO 65804 or to the Marion and Patsy Wolf Family Scholarship at MSU Foundation, Kenneth E. Meyer Alumni Center, 300 S. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806.