Fr. Wolfram, former Shaw principal, dies at 79

    Salesian Father Francis “Frank” Wolfram, who served as principal of Archbishop Shaw High School from 1974-78, died Jan. 25 in the Bronx, N.Y., after a long bout with cancer.
    At the time of his death, Father Wolfram, 79, was secretary of the New Rochelle Province of the Salesians and a member of the provincial residence community in New Rochelle. He had served as a priest for nearly 50 years and had spent nearly 60 years in religious life,
    Father Wolfram, a native of Riverside, N.J., served as chairman of the Catholic Secondary Principals Association. He also belonged to the Archdiocesan Administrators Workshop and the Archdiocesan Finance Committee and served on the steering committee for the Archdiocesan Youth Rally at the Superdome in 1977.
    Father Wolfram made his first profession of vows on Sept. 8, 1951, and graduated from Don Bosco College Seminary in 1954. He studied theology at Salesian theological schools in Aptos, Calif., and Benediktbeuern, Germany. He was ordained in Germany in 1962. He taught in Salesian schools in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida. In 1979-85, he was the province’s superintendent of schools and served on the provincial council.
    Father Wolfram is survived by sisters, Margaret Picklo of Delran, N.J., and Mary Bernadette Kavanaugh of Dallas; a brother, Michael of Moorestown, N.J.; a sister-in-law, Mae Wolfram of Westmont, N.J.; and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Augustine Church in Larchmont, N.Y., on Jan. 28.