Phylip Dean Wolf, son of Julius Jens and Cecelia Leone (Thielen) Wolf, was born November 25, 1930, at his parents’ home in Hamlin Township Audubon County, Iowa and died December 2, 2021, in Republic, Missouri, near his home in Marionville, after a period of hospitalization in Joplin, Missouri.
He graduated from Exira, Iowa High School and in 1952 was enlisted into the Army and served two years during the Korean Conflict. He was married to Ardis Jorgensen and in January 1954 to this union was born a son, Neal Wolf. After Ardis’s death, he was united in marriage to Jane Redman. He farmed and raised purebred angus cattle in the Exira area and in 1992, he and Jane moved to Marionville, Missouri, where Phyl continued to raise cattle through 2021. At the time of his death, he and Jane were members of First Baptist Church in Marionville.
Also preceding him in death were his parents, his infant sister and brother, brother James and his wife Dorothy and brother David, and brothers-in-law, Carl Simonsen and Norman Jayne. Survivors include his wife, Jane; sisters Betty Simonsen and Harriet Jayne, both of Exira, his son Neal and significant other, Nancy Mayfield of Bagley, Iowa, sister-in-law Wanda Wolf of Atlantic, Iowa, step-children Cydney Lindeman and husband Fred of Atlantic and Jim Redman and wife Cathy of Estes Park, Colorado, 11 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be held at Exira Christian Church at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Honorary Paul Bearers are Dean Miller, Mark Jorgensen, Mike Jorgensen, Toney Rubel, Craig Simonsen, Kenny Powers, Kyle Burk, and Paul Christenson. Interment will follow the funeral service at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton, Iowa, with everyone invited to meet with the family for a luncheon in the Cottonwood Barn in Kimballton afterword.
