Mary Bigler seen on microfilm in Feb. 21, 1992, Gazette-Telegraph photo for a story about Sears slashing pay for sales clerks to save money. She went from making $7.50 an hour to $4.50 an hour plus a 1 percent commission. She needed to sell $300 worth of hardware every hour she worked to recoup her lost pay. Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette file
Mary Bigler, 83, seen here May 7, 2013, has sold tools at Sears on Southgate Road in the Broadmoor Towne Center since 1982. She went back to school to become a teacher and took a weekend job at Sears after her husband died, leaving her as a single parent with four children. She hopes to work "until they carry me out on a gurney." Bill Vogrin / The Gazette
Mary Bigler, 83, seen here May 7, 2013, has sold tools at Sears on Southgate Road in the Broadmoor Towne Center since 1982. She went back to school to become a teacher and took a weekend job at Sears after her husband died, leaving her as a single parent with four children. She hopes to work "until they carry me out on a gurney." Bill Vogrin / The Gazette
