Elizabeth "Peggy" Margaret Roys Wolf, 87, died at 3:33 a.m. Sunday, November 21, at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana, IL, where she had resided for the past 13 months. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the St. Joseph United Methodist Church, 205 N. Third St., St. Joseph, IL, with a luncheon to follow. Reverend Mark Harris will officiate. Peggy was born March 11, 1923 in Volga , Iowa to Nellie Belle Foster Roys and Benjamin Franklin Mellors Roys. She grew up on farms around Volga and Wadena , Iowa and attended high school in Strawberry Point , Iowa . She later attended college at the University of Dubuque (1943) and at Augustana in Rock Island , IL , where she received her B.A. (1948). Peggy taught in Cedar Rapids, IA for three years and then attended a summer session at Northern Iowa Colonies, a residential facility for students with special needs. She met Lloyd Wolf when they shared the classroom in which they each taught, took classes together, and began to forge their life together. Peggy and Lloyd married on January 20, 1952, and Peggy moved to Chippewa Falls , WI, where Lloyd was teaching. He preceded her in death on January 30, 2009. Mrs. and Mr. Wolf had Margaret, their first child, in 1953 in Chippewa Falls; Terri was born in Urbana , IL in 1954, Bill was born in Cincinnati in 1957, and Janet was born in Lincoln , IL in 1959. Mrs. Wolf resumed her teaching career, which had been interrupted when she married, by teaching elementary Spanish lessons in their home for three years, and then taught in the public schools, with primary level positions in Chestnut, IL and Mt. Pulaski, IL, and special education and remedial reading in Easton, IL, Oquawka, IL, St. Joseph, IL, and Sidney, IL. She had a lifelong passion and gift for teaching children with special needs, was an advocate for Early Childhood Education, and encouraged young teachers who shared her commitment. Mrs. Wolf served as a private reading tutor until she was well into her 80s. She also helped coordinate the Sidney Community Library Summer Reading Program, the Grandparents Reading in the Classroom program, and, after reading Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea," helped found the local "Pennies for Peace" program to benefit the Central Asia Institute, which builds and funds schools and Community Centers in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mrs. Wolf was an avid reader, a supporter of WILL/PBS, interested in Word Find puzzles, crossword puzzles, and jigsaw puzzles. She was an amateur seamstress, from her kids' clothes to, in recent years, American Girl doll clothes. She was enthused about gardening, hummingbirds, cardinals, goldfinch, and wild animals. She loved Celtic music, and bells. She enjoyed making candles. Mrs. Wolf extended her goodwill with donations to the Lakota Sioux Reservation, the Champaign County Men's Shelter, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Peggy donated her body to the Illinois Anatomical Gift Association, a final act of giving in a lifetime of generosity . Mrs. Wolf was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Robert Roys and Bernard "Bud" Roys. Mrs. Wolf is survived by three daughters, Janet Wolf, of Sidney, Margaret Wolf, of Bloomington, Teresa Bestvina (Robert), of Carmel, Indiana, and a son, William Wolf (Cyndy), of Wake Forrest, North Carolina, and seven grandchildren: Mary Hare (Terrill), Mikhail Williams, Melissa Phillips Anderson, Brandon Phillips, Tyler Wolf, Christine Bestvina, and Michael Bestvina. Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Asia Institute, P.O. Box 7209 , Bozeman , MT 59771-7209 , or to the Sidney Community Library, 221 S. David St , Sidney , IL 61877 . Condolences may be offered online at www.renner-wikoffchapel.com.