Robert David Wolf

Robert D. Wolf, 78 of Wayland, died Friday, August 16, 2024, at the Parkview Home in Wayland. 

A Celebration of Life will be Friday, August 30, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the Bethel Church north of Wayland, with Pastor Ben Linville officiating. The service will be available via Livestream at the Beatty Peterseim Website, Facebook and YouTube pages. A visitation will be held Thursday, August 29, 2024, from 5 – 8 PM at the Independent Bible Church in Wayland. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established for the Independent Bible Church. The Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Robert David Wolf was born October 9, 1945, in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Robert Rittenhouse and Elizabeth (Forstner) Wolf. He graduated from Merion High School in Ardmore, PA in 1963. From there he went on to Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, where he earned a Master of Arts Degree in pastoral studies in 1971. He was united in marriage to Catherine E. Holman on December 27, 1969, in Coopersville, MI. Bob served as pastor in churches in Michigan, South Carolina and Iowa, where he was pastor for the Independent Bible Church in Wayland from 1984 until 2017. Bob was a member of the WACO Ministerial Association, volunteered at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility for 37 years, and led a weekly bible study at Parkview Home in Wayland for 35 years. He enjoyed classic cars and attending car shows.

Survivors include his wife Cathy of Wayland; five children: Todd (Heather) Wolf of Muskegon, MI, Amy Wolf Henderson of Pickens, SC, Andrew Wolf of Atlanta, GA, Daniel (Hannah) Wolf of Wayland, Megan (Kris) Wolf Boland of Lyman, SC; son-in-law Alex (Cordyllia) Posivenko of Carrollton, GA; 11 grandchildren: Connor Weakly, Duncan (Hannah) Henderson, McKenzie and Kadie Henderson, Adrian and Garrett Posivenko, Elizabeth Smith, Owen, Layla and Avery Wolf, Brennan and Kyler Boland; and one brother William Wolf of Bowie, MD.

Preceding Bob in death were his parents, his daughter Shelly Wolf Posivenko, his granddaughter Anora Posivenko, father and mother-in-law: Honor and Louise Holman, three brothers-in-law: Jim, Kent and Keith Holman, and two sisters-in-law: Judy Holman and Martha Talamini Wolf.