The Fond du Lac Area Foundation has received the largest single donation in it’s history. The $3.8 million dollar gift will be used to establish the Jim and Jackie Marcoe Fund. The Foundation says the Marcoe estate gift will be administered so that it will grow over time, while also annually distributing funds to St. Mary’s Springs Academy, the designated beneficiary. “We are honored to recognize this gift from Mr. & Mrs. Marcoe. It is spectacular to receive our largest gift in the same year we are celebrating our 45th year in existence,” said Joe Braun, executive director of
the Fond du Lac Area Foundation. “Being able to carry out donor’s wishes exactly the way they envisioned and to create a fund that will allow their name to live on forever, in the community Jim grew up in, is so special and what the Foundation exists for.” Jim Marcoe graduated from St. Mary’s Springs in 1948. He met his wife Jackie in France while he was serving in the Air Force. They lived most of their married life in Southern California.
