Marjorie Thomas Folk

Most of Marge's ancestors were Quakers in the Philadelphia area, stemming from William Penn's colony. She was born 11 March, 1926, and spent her childhood in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. After attending Westtown, a Quaker school, she entered Penn State. On March 14, 1946, she joined the Nittany Coop, a student rooming/boarding organization for boys and girls, and on her first supper, met geology student, Robert Folk, then waiting tables. They got engaged in four weeks and married September 7, 1946. She had two sons, Bobby and Mark, and a daughter, Jennifer. Eventually, Bobby and Mark were admitted to Travis State School, and there Marge and her good friend Martha Jonas taught an art class for retarded students. They went once a week for nearly thirty years, and Marge was honored by the State of Texas award for some 7,000 hours of volunteer work.

Bob and Marge joined the Wedding Ring Class at First Methodist in the mid-1950s, and for many years the class put on a Christmas parties for the boys in her art class. In connection with his geological/archaeological studies, they lived in Canberra, Australia and Milan, Italy for six months each and traveled extensively in both countries. Italy enriched their lives.

Daughter Jennifer is married to a geologist, Steven D. Mann, and they have four children: Jessica in northern California, Elena in Denver, CO, Heather in Austin, and Trevor in Birmingham, AL. Marjorie is survived by her brother Bob Thomas and wife Ellie in Florida.

The viewing will be at Weed-Corley-Fish on South Congress Avenue from 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, Thursday, September 22, 2016.

Funeral Services will be held at First United Methodist Church at 1201 Lavaca St. on Friday, September 23, 2016 at 10:00 am.

Interment will follow at Austin Memorial Park.