Katie Wolf
{{Short description|American politician (1925–2020)}}
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Kathleen Louise Wolf (née Munsterman; July 9, 1925 – May 26, 2020) was an American politician.
Personal life
Wolf was born to parents John and Helen Munsterman on July 9, 1925, in Wolcott, Indiana, and raised on the family farm. Her father was a Republican precinct committee member. She graduated from Wolcott High School in 1943 and earned a degree from Indiana Business College and also enrolled at Purdue University. She married Charlie Wolf in 1945. The couple lived in Reynolds, then moved to Monticello in 1978. Charlie Wolf died in 2010.{{cite news |title=Charlie Wolf |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thehj-info/obituary.aspx?n=charlie-wolf&pid=139747376 |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=Monticello Herald Journal |date=February 16, 2010}} Katie Wolf died on May 26, 2020, at the White Oak Health Campus in Monticello.{{cite news |title=Katie (Munsterman) Wolf |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thehj-info/obituary.aspx?n=katie-wolf-munsterman&pid=196269114 |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=Monticello Herald Journal |date=May 28, 2020 }} Also published in the [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/indystar/obituary.aspx?n=katie-wolf&pid=196265182 Indianapolis Star]. Originally published by the [https://www.springervoorhisdraper.com/obituary/kathleen-katie-wolf Springer Voorhis-Draper Funeral Home]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
Political career
Wolf was elected a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1962. In December 1967,{{cite news |title=BRANIGIN NAMES KATIE WOLF, NATIVE OF WOLCOTT AREA, COUNTY CLERK |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=PKWB19671214.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=Wolcott Beacon |issue=32 |volume=15 |date=December 14, 1967}} she was appointed White County clerk, a position she subsequently held for two full terms in her own right. Wolf served one term as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986, then was elected to consecutive terms in the Indiana Senate until her retirement in 2000.[http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/6572/Katie-Wolf Indiana Legislator Biographies Database-Katie Louise Munsterman Wolf]
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Category:Democratic Party Indiana state senators
Category:Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Indiana
Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:People from Monticello, Indiana
Category:Harrison College (Indiana)
Category:Purdue University alumni
Category:County clerks in Indiana
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly
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