Obituaries : Marilyn Ann Wolfe

Marilyn Ann Wolfe, age 91, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at the Gardens of Cedar Rapids.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton. Interment will be held at Urbana Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 until 7:00 PM, Tuesday, also at the funeral home.

Marilyn was born on July 14, 1932, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Bernard and Ethel (Keegan) Brown. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids with the class of 1950 and attended the University of Iowa. Marilyn was united in marriage to William "Bill" Wolfe on February 17, 1955, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. She was a farm wife and homemaker in the Cheney area, and also served as a teacher's aid for a number of years in the Urbana school system.

Marilyn was a past member of the Cheney Club, and the Pleasant Prairie Club.

Survivors include her children, Kathleen (Michael) Naylor of Vinton, Kindra (Larry) Nudd of Vinton, Robert (Pam) Wolfe of Midway; 7 grandchildren, James Naylor, Jennifer Naylor, Jeffrey Naylor, Stoner (Tabitha) Nudd, Nikki Kennedy (Nick), Samantha Kennedy (Richard), Robyn Costello; and her great-granddaughter, Piper.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bill in 2015; son Donald in 2010; brother, Robert Brown; and sister, Jean Brown.

The family would like to send a special thanks to Hospice of Mercy, The Gardens, and Mom's second family at Country House Memory Care.

Online condolences: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com