Lulu Rebecca Rolf, age 93 of Austin, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin.
She was born Nov. 29, 1916, in Oakland Township, Freeborn County, to Iver and Susie (Esterby) Nasby. Lulu graduated from Austin High School and attended business college studying accounting. She was married to Floyd Gerhart Rolf on June 26, 1941, at the Oakland Lutheran Church. The Rolfs lived in the Detroit area until 1946, when they moved to Oakland where they owned Rolf’s Grocery Store until 1976, when they retired and moved to Austin.
Lulu was a lifelong member of the Oakland Lutheran Church, where she was active with WELCA, the church circles, the quilting group and in Bible study groups.
She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters and nine brothers.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oakland Lutheran Church with the Rev. Bob Berthold officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Hillcrest Cemetery, rural Oakland. Friends may call at the Clasen-Jordan Mortuary from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday and one hour before the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to Oakland Lutheran Church or the Oakland Hillcrest Cemetery Association.
Lulu is survived by her dear nieces and nephews, many great-nieces and great-nephews, her godchildren and her extended church family.