Louis Wolf Killed in Car Wreck Saturday

Mr. Louis Wolf, rancher of Matagorda county for nearly 60 years, died of injuries received in a car wreck Saturday morning about 11 o'clock. Mr. Wolf was driving alone from his home near Buckeye and was about a quarter of a mile from his home when the car evidently got out of control and skid marks showed it swerved from one side of the road to the other and then turned over. Mr. Wolf died within a short time after the accident.

His death ends the colorful career of another of the old time cattle men of this section. He was born in Mills County, Iowa, August 24, 1875 the eldest son of J. J. Wolf and Cynthia Marie Van Sickle Wolf. He came to Texas in 1897 and went to work on the J. E. Pierce ranch and within a few years became ranch foreman, a position he held until the Pierce cattle were sold to the Ward Cattle Company. He continued as foreman for the Ward's for several years until he resigned to go into business for himself. In 1917 he acquired the old Bundick Ranch west of the Colorado River and near Markham. Through the years he acquired other lands in that section which he operated until his death.

In 1919 Mr. Wolf and Miss Sarah J. Rowles of Blessing were married. She died in 1946. There were no children.

He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Blanche O'Connor, who has lived with him for the past several years. Two other sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer of Iola, Kansas, Mrs. Effie Modrall of Lockwood, Missouri and two brothers, John Wolf of Fort Scott, Kansas, and Elmer Wolf of Lockwood, Missouri survive also.

Services Monday afternoon at 3:30 from Taylor Bros. Funeral home with burial in Cedarvale Cemetery. Officiating were Rev. W. M Hathaway and Rev. R. E. Black.

This was the third traffic death of the year for Matagorda County.

Daily Tribune, June 25, 1956

Mrs. Sarah Wolf Dies At Matagorda Gen. Hospital Wednesday

Mrs. Sarah Rowles Wolf of Blessing passed away this morning at 3:25 at the Matagorda General Hospital after an illness of many months duration.

Mrs. Wolf, a Matagorda County pioneer was born in the year 1881 at the little town of Deming's Bridge in Matagorda County and lived her entire life in this community.

She is survived by her husband, Louis Wolf of Blessing, two sisters, Mrs. Ples R. Dawdy of Blessing and Mrs. J. E. Dawdy Sr. of Markham and three nephews, Richard F. Dawdy, Bay City, J. E. Dawdy Jr., Markham, and Harry R. Dawdy of Buckeye.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home and burial will be in Palacios. The Rev. Black and the Rev. Buckley of Markham will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Lewis Cornelius of Blessing, Arthur Baer and L. B. Luder, Bay City, Hamilton Rhodes and B. B. Rhodes of Blessing and Hoyt Johnson of Markham.

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