Mary Anne Wolfe

Anne (Mary Anne) Wolfe, of Valley View, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville surrounded by her family. Anne was born in Pottsville on November 28, 1940 and was the daughter of the late Thomas Bernard and Catherine Duffy O'Reilly. Anne attended Saint Patrick's School in Pottsville and was a graduate of Nativity B.V.M. High School, Class of 1958, and the Ford School of Business. After graduating from Ford School of Business, Anne was employed in the office of Jacob Boltz Knitting Mills. Once Anne had children, she devoted her life to her family. During the summers, she took her children swimming everyday. She was an active member of the Jackson Street and D.H.H. Lengel PTA as well as serving on the board of directors of the Pottsville Y.W.C.A. Anne also cared for several children as their parents worked, and she loved them as her own. Anne loved her family. She enjoyed going to her grandchildren's sporting events, plays, choral concerts, and graduations. She saved the programs from every one. She also helped her in-laws with their grocery store in Klingerstown and her sister Jane with her gift store in Pottsville. Anne was an avid reader and loved books about the Kennedy family. Anne was also a skilled seamstress and candy maker. She generously made over 35 pounds of Christmas candy each year. She enjoyed baking cookies and pies for the holidays. Anne was a past parishioner of Saint Patrick's Church in Pottsville and a current member of Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Lykens. With her husband, Anne was a Hershey Bears season ticket holder for 30 years and a past member of the Tri-Valley Lions Club. Anne is survived by her husband of 57 years, Delroy; a son Brian and wife Barbara, Ringtown; a daughter Karen and her husband Daniel Turbert, Colorado; and her beloved grandchildren Mara, Aden, Liam, Ari, and Katie. She is also survived by sisters Kathleen McGowan, and husband Hugh; Jane O'Reilly; brothers Thomas, John, Edward O'Reilly and wife Lesle; and sisters-in-law Sang O'Reilly and Peggy Dewitt, as well as nieces, nephews and dear lifelong friends. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by brothers Bernard and William O'Reilly; brother-in-law Elwood Renkel; and sisters-in-law Una Wolfe Renkel and Linda Pretti-O'Reilly. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11AM from the Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church, 732 East Main Street, Lykens on Tuesday November 12. A visitation will be held from 10AM until time of mass at the church. Interment will be private. Donations in Anne's memory may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrf.org or The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research at www.michaeljfox.org.

Mary Anne Wolfe

November 28, 1940 - November 6, 2019