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The photo was taken in the summer of 2019: granddaughter Sarah Wolfisberg (28), daughter of “Wolf’s only daughter, Karin (46), visits her grandfather and former coach of Nati Paul Wolfisberg († 87) in Horw LU.
She told BLICK on Saturday: “He was always a positive person. She always took me to football since I was little. We talk a lot about football. “His granddaughter lives in Biel BE, where Wolfisberg began his architecture studies in 1954 and met his future wife Marcelle. Sarah Wolfisberg:” I also met my friend in Biel. “
In the photo with his granddaughter, the bearded man from Lucerne proudly holds his great-grandson in his arms. The little boy’s name is Leroy Eric. The middle name is not chosen by chance.
The only son of “Wolf” was named Eric. Eric has been missing since 1986. Since 1989, or now for 31 years, he has been officially “lost”.
The drama. On December 27, 1986, at eight o’clock in the morning, Wolfisberg junior boarded a wooden boat called “4 JR” with eight other tourists and five local fishermen in the port of Dangay in the province of Oriental Mindoro (Phil).
Wolfisberg’s son disappears without a trace
The sea is calm, you can’t see a cloud in the sky. The destination is the island of Boracay, where Eric’s girlfriend awaits. When a postcard arrives in Horw three weeks later that is only signed by Eric’s girlfriend, the Wolfisbergs are upset. On January 21, 1987, the friend returned to Switzerland. Without Wolfisberg’s son.
In his biography “The Wolf” Wolfisberg says: “She called and said that she had never met Eric. She was at Starfire restaurant on the agreed day, as agreed, but Eric never showed up. At first she thought he had not returned to Time of a trip to the interior and, therefore, he was a few days late. When he still had not appeared after three weeks, he traveled to the capital, Manila, and asked for him at the Swiss embassy. Without success. “
First thought: kidnapped by pirates
At first, the “wolf” thought that his son had been kidnapped by pirates. But there were never ransom demands. On May 2, 1987, a good four months after his son’s disappearance, Wolf declared in a desperate VISTA that there was “no more doubt” that his son had drowned. It also says: “The ship probably capsized in an area with dangerous currents and strong waves. In recent years, larger ships with even more people have disappeared in the same region. “
In 2008 Wolf had to bury his wife Marcelle after 51 years of marriage. Eric’s name is also engraved on the tombstone. But no date of death. It says “lost”.
