Josephine Ramona Wolfe

JOSEPHINE WOLFE, OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA LEFT THIS LIFE FOR THE NEXT ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TO CELEBRATE JOSEPHINE’S LIFE AT 10:00 AM, OCTOBER 20, 2018 AT SOUTHERN CREMATIONS & FUNERALS AT CHEATHAM HILL, 1861 DALLAS HIGHWAY, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30064. TIM SMELSER OF THE POWERS FERRY ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST WILL BE OFFICIATING. JOSEPHINE WAS BORN IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES TO ANTONIO AND NATIVIDAD ELORIAGA ON AUGUST 31, 1938. AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE. SHE MARRIED RICHARD ON APRIL 12, 1962, IN THE CITY OF NOVELETA, PHILIPPINES. SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN JULY 1962, BECAME A NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1967 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. JOSEPHINE WORKED AS A SECRETARY FOR THE LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPANY IN MARIETTA, RETIRING AFTER 20 YEARS IN 2003. JOSEPHINE WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST A WIFE AND A MOTHER. SHE WAS A MILITARY WIFE FOR OVER 25 YEARS ENDURING SEPARATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT ALWAYS MAINTAINING A GOOD HOME FOR HER CHILDREN WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS AWAY ON ASSIGNMENT. JOSEPHINE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND RICHARD, DAUGHTER CRISTINA WHEAT (GREG), SON RICHARD II, SISTER SHIRLEY ANN KING (GREG) AND NIECES WHO WERE HER GRANDCHILDREN, CRISTINA AND LAUREN KING. SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHER, ALEX ELORIAGA (CRISTINA). THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO DOCTOR WILLIAM COOPER AND STAFF, THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT CVICU AND THE CARDIAC CARE UNIT AT KENNESTONE HOSPITAL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASKS THAT YOU MAKE A DONATION TO “FOOD FOR THE POOR” WHICH CAN BE MADE ONLINE AT: foodforthepoor.org