BONNIE WOLF DIES AT 56, HELPED VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

Bonnie Mae Wolf made a difference!
Wolf, the mother of six children and the former assistant dircetor of Citizens Against Rape and Domestic Violence in Sioux Falls, always had time to help others.
"Bonnie will be missed," said Melva Christensen, executive director of Citizens Against Rape and Domestic Violence. "She is a loss to humankind."
Wolf, 56, died Sunday, March 26, 1995, in McKennan Hospital.
"We used to laugh that she really didn't have time to work,: Christensen said. "Her family was her priority in life and that showed in so many ways."
"She was very giving," said Wolf's daughter Liza of Sioux Falls. "She liked to help others."
Wolf enjoyed her job at the agency, where she did a lot of administrative work, grant writing and work with volunteers.
"She was very good," Christensen said. "She had a good background of experience".
"I think anybody who works in this area, who has helped one person, makes a difference," she said.
Wolf retired in 1994 because of ill health and she wanted to spend time with her family.

Bonnie Mae Miller, daughter of Herman and Oliva (Lauer) Miller was born in Howard SD on December 24, 1938. She married Martin "Lefty" Wolf in Howard on November 29, 1958.
She grew up on a farm in Miner County and graduated from St Agatha High School in Howard. She attended Presentation College in Aberdeen and received her teaching certificate from General Beadle State Teacher College in Madison and received her bachelors degree from the University of South Dakota at Springfield. She also received a Master Degree in Guidance Counseling and Psychology from USD at Vermillion in 1989.
She taught grade school in Ramona and St Thomas in Madison before moving to Scotland, SD in 1971, where she did substitute teaching. She moved back to Madison in 1989 where she worked briefly at ECCO. They moved to Sious Falls in 1992 where she worked as an Assistant Director for the Citizens against Rape and Domestic Violence.
She is survived by her husband, Martin of Sioux Falls. Two sons, Jeff and his wife Lee and their children, Chelsea and Ethan all of Mapleton, IA. Rick and his fiancee Lisa Nemesio of Carrollton, TX. Four daughters, Becky and her husband Lynn Popma and their children Jammie and Jeni all of Ft Walton Beach, FL; Susan and her husband Tim Asche and their children Dustin and Trevor Ferguson of Scotland, SD; Jill (Grosz) and her husband Scott Wauer and their children Brett and Drew Grosz of Rapid City, SD; Liza Wolf and her special friend Johnnie Hogan of Sioux Falls, SD. Her mother, Oliva Miller of Howard, one brother, Gerald Miller and his wife Mary Ann also of Howard. Two sisters, Mrs Tom (Grace) Wolf of Madison and Mrs Don (Berverley) Sadler of Howard.