the patient and the family. We see them as being one, and
said. “I needed to be more specialized.”
~ “I've been out of it [judging] for two years now,” he said.
~ party and bake sale, the Wolfes played Mr. and Mrs. Claus,
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Hospice helps nally ill prepare for death
BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD Pam Howell, the
Staff Writer lead social worker
for Hospice of
Cleveland County,
Marshall Wolfe learned
explains a form to
her patient,
Marshall Wolfe.
about his lung cancer a week
before Thanksgiving last
year, said his wife, Frances
Wolfe. He had 23 radiation
treatments, sending the can-
cer into remission. However,
it came back about two
months ago. He entered
Hospice a month ago after
learning that his cancer was
terminal.
“I'm just floored with it
[Hospice]. They come along
and tell me they can do this
and they can do that,” he
said. “They don’t leave
nothing undone. I'm just flabbergasted. f
“It’s the most wonderful organization I know of,”
agreed Frances Wolfe. “We got the oxygen [for Marshall] ; ¥ S88 5
yesterday. They brought it out and set it up and explained ] % oo 3 ABIGAIL WOLFORD
it to me.” ; . pe » fC a® HERALD
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es arid counseling to terminally ill patients and their fami-
lies. While the the organization has an actual building for a
few patients to stay, most of their service consists of house
calls, like the ones the Wolfes receive.
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patient and family. We help with medicines related to his AON
cancer. We're there when they need us,” said Pam Howell, 0/0,
the lead social worker at Hospice of Cleveland County, el
explaining the services offered by the organization. Howell (Li ;
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most: being in pain and being alone,” said Howell. “Those (t(1}1 y
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As the lead social worker with Hospice, Howell said
that she does all of the assessments and comes out to meet
the patient with the nurse on the very first visit to explain
Hospice to the families and help with their needs.
“They're all so kind and ready to talk with you or what-
ever they need to do,” said Frances Wolfe.
“Anybody can make a referral [for Hospice care],” said
Howell. The Hospice staff then speaks to the doctor of the
patient to get a verbal consent that the patient has six
months or less to live. Some of the patients survive the six
month diagnosis, though, and Howell said that their care Go farther.
does not end. If the patient's doctor still feels that the :
patient does not have much longer, the care will continue.
“We've had patients for a year or more,” said Howell.
“We had one patient for six years. We've also had patients
who have gotten better and who didn’t need us anymore.”
Hospice also has a bereavement program for the fami-
lies of the patients who aren’t so lucky. “Counselors follow
the family for thirteen months after the patient dies.
They're there for the first Thanksgiving, Christmas and
birthday without the patient,” said Howell.
“They're just amazing. That's all I can come up with,”
said Marshall Wolfe.
In his healthier days, the Wolfes loved to travel. They
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visited all 50 states together, said Frances Wolfe. MAA ha
“Alaska w f ite,” she said. “We went there stdin
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They also visited seven countries in Europe with a ol
Christian tour group one year, as well as Mexico. Their last
trip together was down the Panama Canal approximately
six years ago, she said.
“It was always something I wanted to do,” she said.
They also used to enjoy visiting their three children, she
said. Their son lives in Marietta, Ga. where he works for
Delta airlines and is a colonel in the air force reserves.
Their youngest daughter lives in Wilson with the couple’s
only grandchild, 17-year-old Steven. The oldest daughter
moved back home to help with her father.
The Wolfes are long-time members of Beulah United
Methodist Church, said Frances Wolfe. They tried to teach
their children right and raise them in the Christian faith, he
said.
And they were successful, she added. “They all go to
church.”
“The good thing about Hospice is we're here for both
we provide services to both,” said Howell.
The couple actually lives really far out in the country on
Marshall Wolfe Road. Although several houses dot the
road now, Wolfe said he was one of the first to live there.
“I was here first, so I guess is was named after me,” he
said.
Although he retired from Fiber Industries in 1981, Wolfe
said he spent much of his time farming. As a farmer, he
planted a little big of everything, cotton, grain, cow feed.
“It was almost too diversified to make any money,” he
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Wolfe was one of the directors of the field crop division
of the Cleveland County Fair for at least ten years, he said.
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Interestingly, the first year Hospice had a Christmas
said Frances Wolfe. That was 15 years ago.
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