Rita Rae Wolf (1951-2009)

WOLF, OCKENGA, MESECK, JURGENS, SIEVERS, WALKER, PHILLIPS, HAALAND

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 5/2/2009 at 09:10:14

THE NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 30, 2009.

Rita Rae Wolf, 58 of Collins, died on Monday, April 27, 2009 at her daughter Tracie's home in Collins. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 30 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Nevada with her brother Joel Ockenga officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Collins.

Rita was born on April 12, 1951 in Mapleton, Iowa to Joseph Lawrence and Erma Louise Marie (Meseck) Ockenga. She was a 1970 graduate of Charter Oak High School. On October 26, 1971, Rita married Max Eldon Wolf in Nevada. She was employed as a dietician at Story County Medical Center and Rolling Green Village. Rita was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Nevada. She enjoyed country drives, having breakfast with Max and loved being with her family and her grandchildren.

Rita is survived by her husband, Max Eldon Wolf of Collins; her mother, Erma Ockenga of Nevada; 3 daughters, Shelley (Sam) Jurgens, Tracie (Cory) Sievers, all of Collins and Stacie (Joe) Walker of Grimes; 8 grandchildren; a brother, Joel (Debbie) Ockenga of Napa, Idaho; and a sister, Roxanne (Dan) Phillips of Polk City.

Rita was preceded in death by her father, Joe Ockenga on February 19, 1984 and a sister Joy Haaland on August 24, 2004.

The family received friends on Wednesday, April 29 with the family present from 6-8:00 P.M. at Chet Ryan Mortuary and Cremation Services, 708 Fifth Street in Nevada.

A memorial fund has been established in Rita's name.

Chet Ryan Mortuary has been entrusted with Rita and her family.

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