Margie J. Wakefield, age 67, of Wausau, WI passed away peacefully at North Central Health Care – Mount View Care Center. Margie passed from complications associated with Huntington’s Disease on October 10th, 2018. She was born on September 7th, 1951 to the late LaVern and Doris (Fish) Sopher in Monroe, WI.
Margie graduated from Brodhead High school in 1969. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Margie taught middle school reading in… Read More » East Dubuque for several years, and then she completed a master’s degree in Child Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Margie had incredible passion for working with and counseling children and teens. She was kind, loving, compassionate, and empathetic. Margie was open-minded and loved unconditionally.
Her love had no boundaries, and she was one to always celebrate diversity. Margie was very intelligent and never lost her zest for learning. Long after she was able to practice psychology, she continued to study it.
Her room was filled with textbooks, and she loved to discuss human behavior. Even though the effect of Huntington’s Disease slowly took pieces of Margie away, she never lost her sense of humor. She had a smile and laugh that could light up the room, especially if an ice cream treat was involved.
In her younger years, Margie enjoyed canoeing, hiking, playing her guitar, and singing songs with her children and neighborhood kids. Her love of music never faded, and it would often calm her movements from Huntington’s Disease. Margie is survived by her children: Shana (Ignacio) Edmundson-Borjorquez, Shane (Thomas) Wakefield, Chandra Wakefield, and Tara (Lucy) Wakefield, grandchildren: Devn (Lisa) Edmundson, Dylan (Laura) Edmundson, Siara Edmundson, Matt Verdos, Aaliyah Gaines, Aaryn Gaines, Great-granddaughter: Eliana Edmundson who she shared with former spouse Jesse (Deborah) Wakefield.
She is also survived by sisters: Susan (Loren) Rosenthal, Marsha (Tom) Krause, Diane (Craig) Jorgenson, brothers: Gerald (Kathy) Sopher, Dennis (Micki) Sopher, Bryce (Hendrika) Sopher, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister: Dietra Sopher. A special thank you goes out to Carrie Perry (step-sister to Margie’s children) for her love, care, and compassion for Margie.
Her experience as a hospice care nurse was an amazing asset to Margie’s end-of-life care. Thank you to Lindsey King, social worker at Mount View Care Center, and Glenda and Keith, staff at Mount View Care Center for their diligence, kindness, and care that they showed Margie while she was there. Funeral services will be held at Covenant Community Presbyterian Church (1806 Weston Ave.
Schofield, WI 54476) on Saturday, October 13th. Visitation will begin at 1pm with a Celebration of Life Service at 2pm. A fellowship of desserts will be held in honor of Margie’s love of sweets.
Mid –Wisconsin Cremation Society is assisting the family at this time. Online condolences can be expressed at www.
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