Mary Wolfe

Obituary for Mary Ruth Nickels Wolfe

Mary Ruth Nickels Wolfe
Gate City, VA / October 25, 2017

Mary Ruth Nickels Wolfe, 85, Gate City, VA passed away Wednesday, October
25, 2017 at her home in Mason, OH.
Mary Ruth was born in Scott County, VA on October 12, 1932 to the late Charlie
W. Nickels and Lillie Mae Fleenor Nickels.
She answered to many different names, “Mary”, “Ruth”, and “Mary Ruth” among
them.
Mary Ruth was a multi-tasker long before that term ever became part of our pop
culture. She was married to Roy V. Wolfe, Jr. on July 5, 1958 at First Baptist
Church in Gate City. Through the years, while raising a young family, she was
Roy’s legal secretary, accountant and office manager of the family law practice.
On many occasions, Roy told family and friends that it was his law office, and
sometimes Mary Ruth let him work there. Later, with her support, Roy was
appointed to the federal judiciary, and she returned to work at the Scott County
Circuit Court as a Deputy Clerk, where she had first worked, outside the family
restaurant, before they were married.
A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to so many, she was a tireless and
faithful servant of our Lord and her community. She was most recently a member
of Community Fellowship Baptist Church. She always had a love for music and
she lifted her voice in praise for many years as a member of the Church Choir.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Roy,
and her sisters, Frances Keith and Joan “Jody” Lewis.
She is survived by her brother, Charlie Nickels and his wife, Jane, Kingsport, TN;
a brother-in-law, Bob Lewis, Gate City, VA; her children, Charles Wolfe and
wife, Lynn, Crofton, MD; R.V. Wolfe, III and wife, Terri, Harrisonburg, VA;
Rachel Wolfe Healy and husband, Mark, Mason, OH; her grandchildren, Laura
Lasonczyk, and fiancé, Tyler Lamb, Michael Lasonczyk, Kyle Lasonczyk, Connor
Wolfe, Camden Wolfe, Ian Wolfe and Katie Wolfe, along with her many nieces
and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 28,
2017 at the Gate City Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will be conducted at
1:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Joe
Barber officiating. Judy McConnell will lead us in music and song.
Graveside services will follow at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made in Mary Ruth’s
memory to the “Community Completion Fund”, First Baptist Church, 155 Shady
Elm Lane, Weber City, VA 24290, and/or the National Parkinson Foundation,
1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018, or online at parkinson.org.
An online guest register is available for the Wolfe family at
www.gatecityfunerals.com.