Mildred B. Wolf

 Mildred B. Wolf, age 93, of Lancaster, died on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on August 12, 1916, the daughter of Ulysses and Augusta (Rossow) Boyd in Ellenboro township. Mildred was united in marriage to Charles W. Wolf on January 1, 1942 at the Methodist Parsonage in Lancaster. He preceded her in death on January 24, 1989. She worked at the Grant County Independent, the Lancaster Care Center as a Nurses Aid before retiring from the Lancaster Memorial Hospital as a ward clerk.

Mildred was a gourmet cook, enjoyed embroidery, quilting, traveling and loved music and performing with her sister, Dorothy. She loved her family and especially her grandchildren.

Mildred is survived by her three children: Weyma Jean Reavis,  Minneapolis; Rodney (Norma) Wolf, Lancaster and Douglas (Karla) Wolf, Pahrump, NV; 12 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; her sister, Dorothy Walker, Lancaster; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles; a granddaughter, Cory Timmerman; two sisters: Elva Haines and Theresa Boyd and a brother, Harry Boyd.

Funeral services were on Monday, November 16, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at Schwartz Funeral Home in Lancaster with Robert Orr officiating. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster. Friends called on Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 2:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Schwartz Funeral Home and from 9:30 a.m. until time of services on Monday.