Growing up in the 1930s and ‘40s in Harvey, Illinois, Elaine Wolf Egdorf didn’t love history. There was no History Channel — and, as she readily admits, she wasn’t much interested in the past. But over time, one project after another, her devotion to service, community, and family led her to uncover Homewood’s origin story and preserve it for future generations.
Elaine moved to Homewood in 1958 after marrying Gerald “Gerry” Egdorf, a Homewood native…
