Glee D. Wolf

Glee D. Wolf

Born July 2, 1919, on a wheat farm in Decatur County, Kansas, to Roy L. Lytle and H. Mildred Lytle (Dimmitt), Glee passed away after a short illness in Renton, Washington on August 14, 2014, at the age of 95 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her family, friends and former students.

She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Glee (Wolf) Osborn, grandsons, Kevin C. Osborn (Michelle) and Kendall C. Osborn (Lisa). She will be missed by her great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn Osborn and Quinn Osborn, step-great-grandchildren, Helena and Greyson McLeod and nephews, Richard and Roy Lytle and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband, E. Deane Wolf, her parents, her granddaughter, Kimberly C. Osborn, and her brother and sister-in-law, Meredith and Jeanne Lytle and their son, Tom.

Glee’s family moved to her grandfather’s homestead at Red Willow, near McCook, Nebraska when she was two years old. After graduating from Red Willow High School in 1936, she worked a year to earn money to attend Kearney State Teachers’ College. She received her one-year teaching certificate and began a long and successful 37 year teaching career in the rural schools of Red Willow County (11 years) and McCook School District, (26 years at East Ward). Taking night and summer classes, she received her B.A. in Education from Kearney State College in 1962. Glee retired in 1982, and she and Deane enjoyed traveling to all corners of the country, including Alaska and Hawaii. For several years they were “snow birds” in Arizona.

In August 2005, Glee moved to the Chateau at Valley Center, near her daughter in Renton, Washington. The community she enjoyed there for nine years became “almost” like home and she made many good friends. Her independent apartment was also near her beloved physician, Dr. Thomson. She enjoyed being part of her families’ mile-stone moments, attending Kaitlyn’s graduation from the University of Washington in June of this year.

Having struggled to get her own education while working and raising a family, Glee’s desire was to help others who wanted the opportunity to go to college. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice or to the Wolf Family Scholarship Fund (McCook College Foundation, P.O. Box 195, McCook, NE, 69001).

A celebration of Glee’s life will be held at United Christian Church, (15509 116th Ave. S.E., Renton, WA 98058) on September 14th, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. Graveside services will be held at a later date, at the Danbury, Nebraska cemetery.