Ima Ruth "MiMi" Wolf

Ima Ruth (Olrich) Wolf, 90, a longtime Miami resident, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 2, 2012. At the time of her death, Ruth was a resident of the Evergreen Care Center, part of Baptist Village in Owasso, Oklahoma. Born in Ketchum, Oklahoma on December 23, 1921, Ruth was raised an only child by her parents, Willie and Florence Olrich on a farm north of Ketchum. Her only sibling, a younger sister, died in infancy. Ruth graduated from Ketchum High School where she was a standout guard on the women’s basketball team. After graduation, Ruth started college at Northeastern A&M in Miami. It was there that she met and fell in love with an NEO football player by the name of Chester Gene Wolf, who became her husband on July 5, 1943. They were married until his death in August, 1967. At the time of his death, Gene was the principal of Nichols and Wilson Elementary Schools in Miami while Ruth was a secretary in the engineering office of the B.F. Goodrich Tire Co. Ruth retired from B.F. Goodrich Co. in 1985 after thirty years of service. She continued to live in Miami and devoted her time to service at the First Baptist Church where she has been a member for 58 years. Ruth especially enjoyed serving other people. She was faithful in looking after those church members who were ill, often taking gifts of food to shut-ins. She was very active in the Women’s Missionary Union and was a delivery driver for the Meals on Wheels program for many years. Ruth also enjoyed her grandchildren. If at all possible, she would attend any of their sporting or school events, always wishing their granddad had lived to see them grow up, enjoy their many successes, including all having graduated from college. Ruth is survived by two daughters, Ruth Ann Butler and husband, Gary, of Broken Arrow, and Jo Nell Loepp of Tulsa. She is also survived by five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren: Byron Butler and wife Christy and sons, Neil and Nathan of Ft. Worth, Texas; Farrah (Butler) Walker and husband, Joe, and daughters Lillie and Brooke, of Inola, Oklahoma; Jason Loepp and wife, Kathy and daughter Stefani, and son Connor, of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma; Kelsey (Loepp) Proctor and husband, Bret, and daughter Carson of Canadian, Texas; Blake Loepp, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mrs. Wolf’s Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the First Baptist Church Chapel in Miami. Burial will be in Miami’s Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery under the direction of the Brown-Winters Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Miami. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the funeral home. The family has asked that memorial contributions be made to the Lottie Moon Missions Offering at First Baptist Church in Miami. Friends may leave the family notes of encouragement by viewing Ima Ruth’s Tribute Page at www.brown-winters.com.

Ima Ruth "MiMi" Wolf

December 23, 1921 - December 2, 2012