
SCOTTSBUFF, Neb. — More than 400 people packed St. Agnes Catholic Church on Nov. 15 for the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq.
Army Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, lived life to the fullest whether he was eating pasta or singing show tunes, the Rev. James O’Kane said.
“He touched everyone or someone that is here today,” then gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country, O’Kane said.
Wolf was killed in Iraq on Nov. 6 when a homemade bomb exploded near his convoy in Mosul. He was the sixth person to be killed in the war in Iraq who had ties to Nebraska.
Wolf had recently returned to Iraq after a 15-day leave in mid-October. One stop Wolf made during his...