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

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, 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

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and also enrolled at

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. She married Charlie Wolf in 1945. The couple lived in

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, then moved to Monticello in 1978. Charlie Wolf died in 2010. Katie Wolf died on May 26, 2020, at the White Oak Health Campus in Monticello. Also published in the
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Political career

Wolf was elected a member of the

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in 1962. In December 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 The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...

from 1984 to 1986, then was elected to consecutive terms in the Indiana Senate until her retirement in 2000.Indiana Legislator Biographies Database-Katie Louise Munsterman Wolf
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References

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