Memorial
Pearl Iren (Voy) Wolf, age 101, of Ackley passed away on Saturday, June 23 at Grand JiVante Nursing Home in Ackley. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 21 at 1:00 PM at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Her final resting place will be at Cedar Memorial in Cedar Rapids.
Pearl was born April 12, 1917 in Ackley Iowa to William and Frederika (Thieben) Voy. She was the oldest of four children. Pearl attended Ackley High School where she was not only a good student but a ferocious basketball player. She was united in marriage to Raleigh Wolf on August 3, 1935. Raleigh and Pearl spent their early years farming and raising five children. Pearl was an awesome softball pitcher for the town league. She and Raleigh loved to go dancing. They relocated to Marion, Iowa after their children were grown where they both worked at Collins Radio, and were very active in a square dance club.
After Raleigh’s death in 1976, Pearl returned to Ackley to be close to her family and friends. As a lifelong member of the Ackley Methodist Church she was active in Ruth Circle, sang in the choir and her baked goods were always appreciated. She was an avid walker. She shoveled her own snow, mowed her own lawn and raked many, many leaves until she became a resident of the nursing home at age 99. Mostly Pearl loved cooking and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her children Donna DeBerg, Jim (Joann) Wolf, Dean Wolf, Mary Moats, and Carol Wolf ( Michael McGowan; grandchildren Scott DeBerg, Lisa DeBerg, Tracey ( Mike) Viet, Jill ( Kent) Stensland, Nancy ( Rich) Lewis, Laura ( Bill) Talley, Cyndi (Ron) Prosser, Stacey Gilbertson ( special friend Brad), Mark ( Tracey) Moats; great-grandchildren Michael ( Tonya) DeBerg, Adam (Sara) Viet, Corey ( Lindsay) Viet, Amanda ( Pat) Grassley, Laura Boheman ( special friend Brad), A.J. Lewis, Michael Lewis, Brian Talley, Jason Talley, Nate Prosser, Max Prosser, Amanda Gilbertson ( fiancé Will), Lindsay ( Andrew) Knippel, Taylor Moats, Grant Moats; great great- grandchildren Asher, Avery and Elliott Viet, Indee, Reagan and Chance Grassley, Ava Norbert along with her Aunt Marge Voy, Cousins, nieces and nephews.
Pearl is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, grandsons Michael and Evan Wolf, mother-in-law and father-in-law George and Laura Wolf, sister “Tootie” ( Bernie) Knott, brothers Raymond ( Lil) Voy and Willard ( Jean) Voy, sister-in-law Irene Wolf, daughter-in-law Bea ( Dean) Wolf and son-in-law John ( Mary) Moats.