Lorena A. Wolf

Lorena A. Wolf of Manhattan Beach, CA passed away on October 17, 2025 at the age of 94. She was born October 17, 1931, to parents Walter and Lois Franz in Chandler, Oklahoma. She was raised in Chandler graduating from high school in 1949.  Lorena then went to nursing school earning her Registered Nurse degree.

Lorena married her high school sweetheart Jerry Wolf from Chandler, and they moved to San Bernardino, CA where she worked for St. Bernardine Hospital and assisted Jerry in his interior design business.  They had three children, Kevin, David and Shari.

Lorena started the Inland Empire's first hospice program at St. Bernardine Hospital in the late 1970’s.  She was a member of the Loma Linda Lopers running/walking club as well as the San Bernardino Toastmasters Club.

She then briefly moved to Phoenix, AZ  in the early 1990's to live near her daughter Shari, while continuing to work in hospice before moving back to Manhattan Beach, CA to be closer to all of her family.  She was a dedicated docent for the Getty Center and a parishioner of American Martyrs Catholic Church becoming an active member for over twenty years. 

Lorena is survived by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. All of us will always remember Grandma Lorena as a caring, loving woman with deep personal beliefs about education, spirituality, physical fitness, and finding her purpose in what she did every day. 

Her Funeral Mass will be at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach, CA on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 10 AM.