Beverly J. Wolf

Beverly Wolf, 88 Kearney resident Beverly J. Wolf, 88, of Kearney, died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at St. Luke's Good Samaritan Society in Kearney. A "Celebration of Life" service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Eric Lesher officiating. Visitation is 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2015 at O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home. Online condolences may be shared at www.osrfh.com. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Beverly was born November 3, 1926, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Siebelt H. Goldenstein and Doris (Soller) Goldenstein. On December 18, 1948, she married John DeWayne Wolf in Smith Center, KS. They were married for 66 years, living their entire life in Kearney, where Beverly was a mother and homemaker, and DeWayne was an attorney and State District Judge. Survivors include son Chuck Wolf and wife Melanie Miller of Sugar Land, TX; son John Wolf of Kearney; daughters-in-law Pam Wolf of Lincoln, NE, and Nancy Wolf of Monroe, WA. Beverly’s seven grandchildren include Angela Tullos and husband Jimmy of Flower Mound, TX; Amy Sayre and husband Herb of Frisco, TX; David Wolf and wife Christina of Frisco, TX; Sarah Collinge and husband Max of Bothell, WA; Bethany Robinson and husband Craig of Snohomish, WA; Andrew Wolf and fiancé Anna Claire Stearns of Lincoln, NE; and Becca Wolf of Lincoln, NE. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren. Beverly’s husband DeWayne died on May 12th at Good Samaritan Society - St. Luke’s where they spent the last three weeks of his life together. Beverly’s parents, sister Marilyn, and her youngest son, Stephen Wolf, preceded her in death. Beverly grew up in Hastings, Orleans, and Kearney, where her father (known as “Goldie”) worked for Cash-Wa Candy Company (now Cash-Wa Distributing) and her mother Doris worked for Rubin’s and Ruter’s women’s clothing stores. Beverly graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1944, attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln for two years, then attended Kearney State College for two years. Because of a shortage of teachers during World War 2, Beverly was issued a teacher’s certificate prior to college graduation, so she could teach 7th grade and 8th grade History and Geography classes in Gothenburg. Baptized at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hastings in 1926 and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Kearney in 1940, Beverly was an active Lutheran all of her life. She was a member of the Concordia Society and Mary-Martha Guild at Zion Lutheran Church, the Holy Cross Guild at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, and W.E.L.C.A. at First Lutheran Church. Beverly was the first woman to chair the Buffalo County Extension Board. She volunteered in the Intensive Care Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital and in the bloodmobile unit for the American Red Cross. She served on the Board of Directors for both the American Red Cross and the Frank House. She was a PEO member for more than fifty years. The family suggests memorials in Beverly’s name to any of her favorite charities: First Lutheran Church, 3315 G Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847, Good Samaritan Society – St. Luke’s, 2201 East 32nd, Kearney, NE 68847 or UNK “Wolf Family Scholarship Fund”, P.O. Box 2678, Kearney, NE 68848.

Beverly J. Wolf

November 3, 1926 - June 11, 2015