ROSEMARY A. WOLF 1920-2003

WILHELM, WOLF, WILGENBUSCH, MEYER, WESTERMEIER, MCDERMOTT

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/19/2003 at 08:28:40

Rosemary A. Wolf

Telegraph Herald - Aug. 4, 2003

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Rosemary A. Wolf, 82, of Dyersville, died at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003, at Oakcrest Manor, Dyersville.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica. Dyersville, with the Rev. Mark S. McGovern officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery, Dyersville. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home, 490 Field of Dreams Way, Dyersville, where there will be a Catholic Daughters of the Americas rosary at 4 p.m., and a wake service at 7 p.m.

She worked at the former Glovers Factory for a number of years, and then worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for B & W Appliance Co. in Dyersville, until her retirement.

She was born on Nov. 24, 1920, in Hopkinton, daughter of Charles and Regina (Wilhelm) Wolf. Rosemary was a graduate of the former St. Francis Xavier High School in Dyersville.

She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Dyersville, an honorary member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas-St. Rose Court 350, of Dyersville, and a former member of the Dyersville American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are two sisters, Betty (John) Wilgenbusch and Dorothy (Alvin) Meyer, both of New Vienna, two sisters-in-law, Anita Wolf, of Dubuque, and Catherine Wolf, of Farley; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Ivan and Charles Wolf; and two sisters, Helen Jane Westermeier and Margaret McDermott.

A Rosemary A. Wolf Memorial Fund has been established.