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Helen O. Wolf
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September 1, 1922 ~ July 28, 2013 |
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July 30, 2013 |
 Helen
O. Wolf, 90, passed away peacefully after
a bout with a very rare lymphoma on July 28,
2013 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Services will be
held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Bonners Ferry.
Helen was born in Port Mitchell, Noble County,
Indiana, on September 1, 1922. She grew up with
a brother, two sisters, and a foster brother.
Helen graduated from Cromwell High School in
1941. She attended nursing school at Greenville,
Tennessee, and graduated from the Chicago School
of Nursing.
In 1944 she married Delbert Wolf at Camp Wolters,
Palo Pinto County, Texas, where Delbert worked
as a dental technician and their first son,
John, was born. There Helen found employment at
the camp veterinarian office.
After V.E. Day they were sent to Fort Chaffee,
Arkansas, and Delbert was retrained in
counseling to aid in mustering troops out of the
service. They lived in nearby Fort Smith,
Arkansas, until they were sent back to Camp
Wolters, where Delbert was discharged.
They left Texas and went back to Indiana, where
their families resided. There Helen found work
at Lucky Hospital in Wolf Lake, Indiana. She
there had a second son, James. After a short
convalescence she went back to nursing working
in hospitals and clinics in the area sometimes
working at factories, also.
In 1966 Delbert and Helen decided to move to
North Idaho, where Helen went to work at
Boundary Community Hospital. There Helen worked
in various capacities from ward clerk, the
nursery, aid work, insurance clerk and
admittance.
In 1981 Helen suffered a heart attack and Dr.
Edwards retired her.
They then moved to South Central Missouri and
raised a few calves. After Delbert’s demise in
1997, she moved into Willow Springs and then
followed son John and his wife Cindy back to
Idaho in 2006 to Pocatello. In 2008 she returned
to Bonners Ferry to be close to her friends and
family.
Helen is survived by her sons James of New
Haven, Indiana, and John of Bonners Ferry. She
has six grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to sign Helen’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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