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Marjorie Marugg-Wolfe, friend to single mothers (and fathers)

We had one fewer gift to buy this Mother's Day, one fewer card to send, one fewer phone call to make. A little more than two months ago, my mother-in-law, Marjorie Marugg-Wolfe, Ed. D., died after a two-year battle with breast cancer at the age of 79. In lieu of...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 14, 2013 10:20 PM

Single-parent scholarship fund changes lives

Back in the early '80s, my mother-in-law, Marjorie Marugg-Wolfe, started teaching at a vo-tech school in Springdale, Ark., and working with "displaced homemakers," women who, by reason of divorce or widowhood, found themselves looking for work after years of not working outside the home. Her involvement grew out of graduate...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 17, 2009 10:14 PM