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MARY LOU WOLFE

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MARY LOU (nee Dutton)

On January 2, 2019 Mary Lou Wolfe aged 94 died at Kendal at Longwood. Born in Evanston IL where she lived until attending Swarthmore college she graduated in 1946. She had five children with her first husband Gilbert B Mustin. In 1970 she married Lindsay Wolfe obtained her MLS and became the librarian for PA Horticultural Society where she worked until retirement. A garden feature writer for Green Scene magazine she loved interviewing and photographing local gardeners. For 20 years she resided at Kendal where she continued to garden and enjoy walks in the woods with her beloved dachshund. Survived by her five children Henry Mustin, Skip Mustin, Walter Mustin, Margery Howe and Laura Burn.

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Published by Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8, 2019.

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January 7, 2019

May your hearts be filled with wonderful memories of times spent together as you celebrate a life well lived.

Hal Rosner

January 6, 2019

Mary Lou was a crafty matchmaker for Jennifer and myself back in 1980. We were both recent hires to The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, where introductions were made at the modest PHS library on Walnut Street. Shortly thereafter she hosted us (along with a couple of dachhunds) for a garden tour and hike at her home on Barren Hill Road. Mary Lou's intuition for hybridizing possibilites produced a marraige, two chidren, and two grandchildren. Peace and Love to her family. Hal Rosner

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