TONGANOXIE, Kan. – Glenda Rae (Wilkerson) Wolf, 81, of Tonganoxie, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at her home. She was born Nov. 26, 1942, in Natchitoches, La., the daughter of J.C. and Pearl (Troquille) Wilkerson.
Glenda attended Cabot High School, Cabot, Ark.
On May 3, 1971, Glenda was united in marriage to Loren Dale Wolf, in Topeka, Kan. Glenda and Dale shared 53 years of loving marriage with one another.
Glenda worked as the librarian of Scranton Elementary School until her retirement in 1997.
Glenda loved travelling and the scenery on car rides, and especially going up and down the Arkansas River in their cabin cruiser. She liked camping and making it a home. She enjoyed planting flowers and gardening, and would occasionally steal starts for plants. She loved shoes and cooking, but most of all, Glenda loved her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, J.C. Wilkerson and Pearl T. Johnson; stepdad, Fredrick J. Johnson; son, Sean Eric Wolf; and her three sisters, twin Linda F. Streeter, Melba Jean Dillon, and Charlotte Wilkerson.
She is survived by her husband, Loren Dale Wolf, of the home; two daughters, Tami Loraine Kendall, Topeka, and Tina Bell Gardner, Dallas, Texas; two stepbrothers, Joe Vercher, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jimmy Fletcher, Texarkana, Texas; and six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Sept. 24 at Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, Overbrook, Kan.
Memorial contributions can be made to the National Leukemia Foundation and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, PO Box 268, Overbrook, KS 66524. Condolences can be left at www.lamb-roberts.com.
