Elizabeth Ann (Mohn) Wolf

ELIZABETH ANN (MOHN) WOLF

Cedar Rapids

Elizabeth Ann (Mohn) Wolf, 97, died May 4, 2022, from natural causes that led to her brief but rapid decline. She died under the loving care of UnityPoint Hospice staff at the Ed and Joan Hospice Unit at St. Luke's Hospital. Celebration of Life Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling St., SW, as will visitation the hour before, then a caravan to the gravesite for burial at the Lisbon Cemetery with a reception to follow.

Elizabeth was born in Lisbon, Iowa, July 22, 1924, the second child and only daughter of Mary Libby (Crofta) Mohn and Conrad Phillip Mohn. Nicknamed "Betty," she and older brother William "Bill" grew up on the family farm about 5 miles outside of Lisbon/Mount Vernon. She attended country school where she was promoted to the next higher grade so the teacher would have less work. Betty graduated from Lisbon High School in 1941. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls for one year before quitting to work at Collins Radio. She worked at Collins during and after World War II until she married Charley Wayne Wolf in February of 1949. Betty helped Wayne start Wayne Manufacturing outside Cedar Rapids. They had a daughter, Beverly. Betty and Beverly moved into her final residence in 1957. She and Wayne divorced in 1958. In 1959, Betty took a low paying factory job at what would eventually become Midwest Nameplate, that later situated outside Mount Vernon, Iowa. She advanced from factory to art department to briefly owning Midwest before it was taken over by a loan company and sold to various wealthy men for whom Betty continue on as office manager. She retired in 1985.

In 1971 her mother Mary, moved in with her and they enjoyed a happy time together. Betty cared for or oversaw the care of Mary Libby until her death in 1996. Betty often put the welfare of others before her own. Although she could have joined her daughter in California, she preferred life in Iowa. She lived in the same house for 65 years. She enjoyed travel within the states and Canada. She was a good driver and took pride in her cars that included a 1947 Studebaker, and two Ford Convertibles. For a while she attended senior dances until deciding she preferred the local casinos for recreation. Video Poker was her game and until the pandemic she would meet her daughter Beverly in Vegas several times a year. She was still driving to Tama or Riverside until mid-January 2022. She was a member of St Patrick's parish for 63 years.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents and brother.

She is survived by her daughter, Beverly Baroff and son-in-law, Elliot Tyson; granddaughter, Brianna Sauvage and husband, Alan Sauvage; niece, Christine (Mohn) Davis and Jay Davis; nephew, Marc Mohn and Rebecca Mohn; and the siblings combined four children and six grandchildren.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com.