Shane River Wolff

Shane Wolff, 15, of Media, PA, passed away on December 19, 2022. He is survived by his mother Kim, father Fran, sister Grace, grandmother Gennie Wolff, grandparents Lynda and Tom Sampsell and dozens of other family members. Visitation will be on Friday, January 6, 2023, 6:30-8:30pm at Lima Methodist Church, 209 N Middletown Rd (Rte 352), Media, PA 19063. A private memorial service will also be held.

Shane River Wolff was born on December 19, 2007. He was just 15 years old when he passed away. However, in those 15 years Shane already had a rich life filled with many memories and accomplishments.

He loved the outdoors and nature. Shane enjoyed bike riding, hiking and walks in the woods. His hobbies included tennis, swimming and golf. He spent time frequently with his extended family and had a wonderful close circle of friends that meant the world to him. The favorite part of his day was playing computer games online with friends.

Shane recently had become very passionate about the environment. He had deep convictions about protecting the Earth in the face of climate change. He recently stated that the thing that would make him happiest is "If there were less CO2 emissions in the world". And the thing that would make him second happiest is "If there were more trees planted to help reduce carbon dioxide levels in the world".

As a Boy Scout Shane had achieved the rank of Life Scout and was currently working towards his Eagle Scout. He exemplified the Scout Law, most notably, always wanting to be helpful. He volunteered his time to help others in the community. In Scouting, he partnered with Habitat for Humanity and volunteered locally at the Media Food Bank.

He spent the last few seasons working on weekends and summer vacation at the Wolff Family Farm Market. He was excited to learn the ropes and thoroughly enjoyed soaking up everything about marketing and business.

Shane excelled scholastically both in the classroom and in after-school activities. He played the viola in the school orchestra through elementary school and middle school. He achieved distinguished honor roll for every marking period throughout Springton Lake Middle School and Penncrest High School. As a freshman, he had recently taken the PSATs and achieved a perfect score on the math section. He was the Geography Bee School Champion in 2018 and 2019. He was a county-wide finalist in the Math 24-Game competition. Shane won numerous awards competing for Rose Tree Media School District in the Science Olympiad.

He loved computer programming and coding and truly enjoyed creating his own computer games from scratch. He was also an avid "Cuber". He first solved the conventional 3x3 Rubik's cube at age 7. This immediately sparked his interest in solving numerous other cubes. He had a collection of more than 35 cubes. Each new cube was bigger and more complex than the one before it. But most of all, Shane enjoyed sharing his love of cubing with others. He would patiently teach anyone who wanted to learn how to solve the Rubik's cubes.

But more than any of his awards and achievements, what shined brightest in Shane was his beautiful soul. He was kind, caring and profoundly selfless, always putting other's needs before his own. It is an understatement to say that he enjoyed helping others. He was not your average 15-year-old boy. He was an "old soul" and lived a life of unassuming simplicity. He never took more than he needed or asked for more than his share. Shane prided himself on living a self-contained and modest life. He carried himself with a peaceful, loving dignity which was cherished by his family, friends and all who knew him. He was so loved and will be so deeply missed. Shane River Wolff left this world long before his time.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either of these tree-planting organizations:

The Gifted Tree

https://www.thegiftedtree.com/memorial-gift-tree/

A Living Tribute

https://shop.alivingtribute.org/products/plant-a-tree-in-honor