Margaret Jane Wolin, 82, passed away peacefully Friday Sept. 20, 2024. Maggie was the only daughter of Woodrow and Mary Cohlouer, devout Southern Baptists who — through education, faith and force of will — broke the cycle of migrant farming their forebears suffered for many generations in the American South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Growing up in a rural section of Portland, Oregon, the resilience of her southern forebears encoded itself in Maggie’s DNA, and she would need it early on to survive polio, falls from horses, and isolation from peers. Maggie was responsible for many chores including milking cows, gathering eggs and mending clothes. Maggie left Portland for the University of Oregon in Eugene and never looked back. Actually, she enjoyed herself so much that she nearly failed out of school and her parents recalled her back to Portland.  After earning a bachelor of science from Portland State, she finally did leave Portland.  Adaptability was as much a part of Maggie’s DNA as resilience. At 24, she earned a masters degree in social work from the University of Denver, married into the Jewish faith and converted to Judaism. She then gave birth to three children in three different regions of the US in three years. Embracing a new cultural/spiritual identity, Maggie became adept at cooking brisket and gefilte fish, but she never dished out Jewish guilt.  Throughout the 25 years Maggie spent in Ann Arbor, MI, she impressively juggled domestic responsibilities and a career in Training & Development at Pfizer. Not one to rest on her laurels, Maggie earned an MBA from Pepperdine, augmenting her desk job with a management consulting side hustle.  Maggie never gave up some of the activities she learned as a young girl: tending a vegetable garden, knitting, tennis, golf and skiing. She was also a skilled piano and bridge player. Maggie’s later years were buoyed by travel then undermined by financial misfortune. But, as ever, her resilience kicked in: she launched the Park City Dog Nannies to regain financial independence. A long cognitive decline robbed her of much of her vitality and mobility, but it did not wipe out her spirit or positive demeanor. Maggie leaves behind her children David Wolin & Kiana Wizzard Wolin, Eric Wolin & Jackie Blatt Wolin and Sara & Corey Decamp. As well as her loving grandchildren Charlotte & Lydia Lampe, Samuel, DJ, Skye & Ava Wolin, and Sophia & Kyra Wolin. May her memory be a blessing to all that knew her. The family will celebrate her life privately.The post Obituary: Margaret Jane Wolin appeared first on Park Record.