Charles Trostle Wolf died on April 20, 2026. Charles lived at Woodcrest Villa in an apartment with his wife since 2012, but he was born in West Reading, PA on March 20, 1930 to Charles D. Wolf and Mary Trostle Wolf. In 1942 he moved to Akron and graduated from Ephrata High School in 1948. He was preceded in death in 2017 by his loving wife of 64 years, Virginia Wolf. He received a B.S. from Millersville University and a M.S. from University of Delaware and did extensive graduate work in several other universities. He started his teaching career at Salisbury Township High School and then at Shippensburg State College, before coming to Millersville University in 1961 where he taught mathematics for more than 30 years. In spring and fall Charles organized and conducted the Lancaster Insomniac Tours for more than 20 years- all night tours of local interest spots on a charter bus. He was also a Lancaster County Tour Guide for more than 50 years, 30 of them with Brunswick Tours. He was a member if the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster where he served on various committees in earlier years. For many years he taught swimming, through a Red Cross program, to handicapped adults at YWCA. In the 1980’s, he started the Women in Mathematics and Science Conference at Millersville University to expose young female high school students to professional women in Mathematics and Science with the hope that they would consider similar careers. The conference continues. In the late 1960’s, he also chaired Mathematic Conferences at Millersville University, bringing such notables as Werner von Braun and Buckminster Fuller to campus. Charles was a world traveler and for more than 20 years, organized and conducted winter semester-break tours, usually to warm destinations. Among his hobbies was gardening; he had many varieties of plants and flowers and tended them gingerly.

Survivors include three daughters: Diane, wife of Geary Barnes of Houston TX; Susan, widow of Daniel Bielawa of Rock Hall, MD, and Amy, wife of Rolf Gubler of Luray, VA. Also, seven grandchildren: Tyler Barnes, Barrett Barnes-Wolf, Rory, Emory, and Liam Wolf-Bielawa, and Klaire and Charles Gubler. There are also several great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Community Care of Lancaster County. Charles’s memorial service will be held on June 13 at 11:00 a.m. at Gamber Auditorium in the VIVA Center at Woodcrest Villa.