Born: 19 Nov 1898
Died April 1977
Seventh Group
Operator Marguerite Monnet Wolf was born in the winter of 1898 in New York City, the daughter of Caesar and Catherine (Wespiser) Monnet. The Monnets had both immigrated from the Alsace region, which historically has shifted between French and German control. They both were French by nationality and language, and Marguerite grew up speaking French in her home.
The family moved to Chicago before 1910, and Marguerite studied both French and music in school. She was an accomplished singer and musician. Her brother, Henry, served in an Artillery unit.
As part of the Seventh Group, Marguerite was ready to deploy when the Armistice canceled her deployment. She returned to her mother’s home in Chicago and worked as a clerk in an office. In the early 1920s, she moved with her sister, Ernestine, to Los Angeles. There, in 1922, she married Chicago-native, William J. Wolf, Jr.
The couple lived in Chicago and had at least two sons. One of their children served in World War II and wore his mother’s identification bracelet (with his name added to the reverse). Following her husband’s death in 1948, Marguerite ran an oil wholesale business, along side her son, Donald.
Marguerite Monnet Wolf died in the spring of 1977 in California, where she had apparently been living for several years. She was returned to Chicago and is buried next to her husband in Saint Boniface Catholic Cemetery.
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