Heyduck was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1913 to Robert C. Evers and Helen M. Rhoads, one of three children.

[1] The Dayton Daily News said, "[s]he moved up the ranks at the Journal Herald quickly, but it was her popular column and interesting hats that brought her fame.

'"[4] She wrote a feature column on wrestling for the Dayton Herald's sports department[5] in the 1940s, and was friends with Gorgeous George, whom she took to her hairdresser to have his famous blond locks restyled.

[6] Her columns occasionally covered the elegant "Tea with Marj" events held throughout the area[7] to which she invited "lady wrestlers.

In 1966, she became assistant to the editor of the newspaper,[5] then Glenn Thompson,[9] and editorship of the women's page was taken over by Virginia Hunt.