JUNIUS, N.Y. — Several days after firefighters doused the well-known Cobblestone Farmhouse in Junius on Wednesday, smoke was still rising from the ashes. Now its former residents, Doris and Walter Wolf, are staying down the road, courtesy of a neighbor. Even as Doris cares for her husband with dementia, the constant visitors make it clear they aren't alone.

“She has done so much for the community. She's just an icon in Waterloo, even though she lives in Junius. She has probably the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met in my life,” said Dave Duprey, Waterloo resident.

The former reporter for the Finger Lakes Times is well known for her contributions to more than a dozen local service organizations and nonprofits. She's served as a Red Cross educator and disaster assistance volunteer. She founded Trevor's Gift, a backpack program for needy kids, and even offered her home as a shelter for battered women. To Doris, generosity is a way of life.

"I grew up in a clan-type family. My dad was one of 13 children, they all lived around there on the family farm, and it was the way we lived. If somebody needed, you gave. Those who have, to those who need," said Doris Wolf. "It's overwhelming. I feel incredibly blessed, and I'm incredibly grateful and it makes me resolve to continue to find ways to pay them back. I mean, good lord you need a package of baby wipes and you get a case. How do you repay that kind of generosity?"

With her almost 200-year-old home gone, she still returned on Sunday. With help from her grandson who traveled from Maryland, Doris tended to those that still need her.

But even as she looks out for others, others are looking out for her. Just days after the fire, a GoFundMe page for her has generated more than $10,000 from 120 people. Her friends from Costa Rica even chipped in $1,000.