Edna J. Wolf, who worked in real estate sales for 30 years, died of cancer Aug. 29 at a daughter's Pikesville home. She was 77.
Edna Jacobs was born and raised in Norfolk, Va., and moved to Washington in 1952. She attended Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., and earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from George Washington University in the 1970s.
Since 1980, Ms. Jacobs had worked in real estate sales for Long & Foster in Washington.
She had been honored by the Washington, D.C., Association of Realtors for her work and was an active member of the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors.
Ms. Jacobs was involved in civic affairs and was an active member of the United Negro College Fund and the Democratic Party.
She enjoyed reading and visiting the Baltimore Museum of Art. She also owned and showed Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
For the last 50 years, Ms. Jacobs enjoyed vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, where she was a member of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club.
Plans for a celebration of her life service were incomplete.
Surviving are a son, William Wolf III of Middleburg, Va.; two daughters, Vicki Rosenfeld of Pikesville and Susan Wolf of Minneapolis; a brother, Frank Jacobs of Virginia Beach, Va.; six grandchildren; and her companion of recent years, Dan Tellep of Carmel, Calif
