Elizabeth M. Wolfe

February 27, 1923 - May 12, 2017

Elizabeth M. Wolfe, age 94, of Washington, Iowa, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Sigourney Health Care in Sigourney, Iowa. Celebration of life services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 18, 2017, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home. Visitation will begin noon Wednesday at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, Iowa. Memorials have been established for the Sigourney Health Care. Online condolences may be sent for Elizabeth’s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com. Elizabeth was born February 27, 1923, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence J. and Frieda (Dennison) Varney. She attended school in Washington, Iowa, graduating from Washington High School in 1941. She attended Washington Jr. College in Washington, Iowa. Elizabeth was united in marriage to Wayne Ordell Wolfe on May 17, 1942, in Kahoka, Missouri. Elizabeth was a homemaker and worked at several manufacturing companies in Washington. She was a foundry worker at Crane Valves until her retirement. Family was Elizabeth’s top priority. She loved spending time with her family and enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and playing cards. She is survived by her son, Robert Wolfe of South English, Iowa; daughter, Gwen Shepherd and husband Ed of Washington, Iowa; and son Dennis Wolfe and wife Sandi of Washington, Iowa. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren as well as numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 2008; one son, Don Wolfe in 2010; three great grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Varney and William Varney; and one sister, Faye Henry.