Sondra,
I have a John Allen Nolf with wife Eliza Catherine Goodar with son Theodore .R Nolf b.8 Feb 1878 Cope Lake Co.,MI,d.10 Mar 1943 Howard City,Montcalm,Mi married Helen Mason d.5 Feb 1978,in my data base.Does this sound like the John Nolf you are looking for?
Best Regards,
Bill Nulph