Ray Wolfe

Ray L. Wolfe was a well-known banking executive and President of the Farmer’s Trust Company born in 1934 in just south of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.¹ Wolfe grew up on a farm with his family, with his childhood mostly consisting of working on his family farm and other farms working picking apples, berries and peaches. Wolfe graduated high school in Boiling Springs and immediately started to work in Farmer’s Trust Bank where he worked his way up to a clerk position. Wolfe worked to become a commercial lender, primarily lending short term loans for financing anything from automobiles to mobile home lighting. Wolfe served the greater Carlisle area, mostly working with people in or nearby the Carlisle community.²

Wolfe worked his way into the Vice President Position at Farmer’s Trust, and moved to the position of President in the mid 60’s when the former CEO died while on vacation to Florida. Wolfe oversaw the expansion of Farmer’s Trust Branch through Cumberland County in the 1970s, and oversaw the merging of branches in the 1980s.³ According to Wolfe, this merging and expansion was new both to him and the banking world, as very few banks in the region merged in the 60’s. Wolfe oversaw other changes to the banking world as well, including the advent of the drive through banking.

Wolf’s impact was not only felt within the banking world, but within Cumberland County. Farmer’s Trust and Wolfe were active in raising money for local Carlisle institutions, such as fire companies, libraries and the Cumberland County Historical Society. Wolfe met his wife in Boiling Springs, and currently has 3 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.⁴

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