{"id":15666,"date":"2019-11-27T01:05:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=15666"},"modified":"2019-11-27T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:05:08","slug":"how-warren-wolf-helped-shape-the-life-career-of-an-ocean-county-freeholder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/11\/how-warren-wolf-helped-shape-the-life-career-of-an-ocean-county-freeholder\/","title":{"rendered":"How Warren Wolf Helped Shape the Life, Career of an Ocean County Freeholder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freeholder Joe Vicari and former Freeholder Warren Wolf. (File Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

Most Brick residents knew Warren Wolf as the coach who helped shape the lives of thousands of young men during his five decades leading the Dragons on the football field. But Wolf was also a political force in Ocean County who, likewise, shepherded the growth of the entire region.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was close to my family and I, he was a man who helped guide me, and a religious man with the highest moral standards,\u201d said Ocean County Freeholder Joe Vicari, who \u2013 to this day \u2013 occupies the seat once held by Wolf.<\/p>\n

Vicari, whose family had just moved to Ocean County from North Jersey, said Wolf took a chance and gave him his first job here, teaching at Lake Riviera Middle School. Vicari\u2019s career in education would lead him to later become a principal in the Brick district and a superintendent in Berkeley Township.<\/p>\n

In 2014, when the Warren H. Wolf school was dedicated, Vicari recalled his interview with Wolf.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Joe Vicari,\u2019 why should I hire you?\u201d Vicari recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018I want to make a difference.\u2019 He said, \u2018well, the most important thing is character.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n

The two became close as Vicari also became involved in politics, joining the Toms River township committee and serving as mayor before setting his sights on higher office. Vicari\u2019s goal was to make it to the state legislature, but Wolf\u2019s guidance helped bring him to the seat on the freeholder board he\u2019s held for 38 years. So in 1981, Wolf ran for the legislative seat and Vicari ran for Wolf\u2019s seat on the freeholder board. Both won.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here because of him,\u201d the freeholder said.<\/p>\n

The guidance Wolf provided, however, didn\u2019t stop when the pair found political success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would always go to him when I wondered what to do. Every time I would ask him about something, or ask him his advice, he told me, \u2018If you can help someone, then help them,\u201d Vicari said. \u201cHe was someone who people would want to emulate, just by meeting him. These days you look at politicians on TV and shake your head. He wasn\u2019t part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what trait described Wolf best:<\/p>\n

\u201cRespect for others. Warren lived a life where he respected everyone he met,\u201d Vicari replied. \u201cHe never even told an off-color joke, he was just a great man who would always simply say, \u2018do the right thing for others.'\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolf died at the age of 92 last Friday. A public wake will be held at Brick Township High School Friday from 2-8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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