Founding member of Temple Sinai and US Army veteran, Phillip Sarason Wolf, passed away on June 14, 2026, at the age of 90. A service was held on June 16 at Temple Sinai, with interment at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and born on February 5, 1938, Dr. Wolf was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin before entering medical school at UT Southwestern in Dallas at the age of 18.
He furthered his training in Boston at Brigham Hospital where he met Angie Mazzone, the head nurse of the men’s ward. They married in Boston in 1960 and were a couple for 56 years before her passing in 2016.
Dr. Wolf served two years in the US Army’s 101st Airborne division as a Captain at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Following his service he returned to Dallas to complete his internal medicine residency, before moving to Denver for his cardiology fellowship.
Dr. Wolf practiced at Rose Hospital for 30 years before joining the CU Hospital system to serve as chief of cardiology for 25 years. He retired at 79 as a Professor Emeritus.
“His humility, humanity and curiosity was brought into every medical student he taught, patient he treated and person he met,” his family said.
“An avid reader and student of history and the world, his great intellect was complemented by his unwavering empathy in his bedside manner, and quite a bit of stoicism.”
Survivors are children Greg (Beth Labella) Foster, Amy (Dean Volk) Wolf, Rebecca Hea (Allan) Wilson and Suzanne (Craig Cutcliff) Wolf; and grandchildren Mallory (Zach) Wendell, Mitch (Geneva Mueller) Foster, Elise LaBella, Samantha Hea (Elliot) Marks, Brandon Hea, Sara (David Illingworth) Volk Vera, Sam Volk and Benjamin Volk.
Contributions may be made to Temple Sinai or Denver Children’s Home.
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