Margaret was born on a farm in Buchanan Township (near Shambaugh), Page County, Iowa. She attended one-room schools in Mount Pleasant Township, Labette County, Kansas and then went to highschool in Altamont, KS where she was valedictorian of her graduating class. After going to Normal School she taught school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was a waitress in Seattle, WA at the Pig 'N Whistle. She and her husband farmed on the Stone family homestead in Lincoln Township, Smith County, KS. Her first son was the last of our family born on the farm; and the second son was the first born in a hospital. She was a journalism major at the University of Florida (when it was an all-male school) graduating in 1935. She was a substitute Society Editor for the Gainesville Daily Sun. She was an excellent bridge player and earned many masters points in duplicate bridge. She was active in the PTA, the Red Cross, the AAUW, the 20th Century Women's Club and many others. She was a devout Christian and was active in the Presbyterian Church where she was school director and taught adult Sunday School classes. She and her husband were major contributors to building the new sanctuary. The family lived in a suburb of Gainesville known as "Little Gandy." It is just across the highway from the Shands Medical School at the University of Florida. She is buried in the same grave with her husband at the corner of Lincoln and L'Enfant Drives in Arlington National Cemetery.
Margaret was born on a farm in Buchanan Township (near Shambaugh), Page County, Iowa. She attended one-room schools in Mount Pleasant Township, Labette County, Kansas and then went to highschool in Altamont, KS where she was valedictorian of her graduating class. After going to Normal School she taught school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was a waitress in Seattle, WA at the Pig 'N Whistle. She and her husband farmed on the Stone family homestead in Lincoln Township, Smith County, KS. Her first son was the last of our family born on the farm; and the second son was the first born in a hospital. She was a journalism major at the University of Florida (when it was an all-male school) graduating in 1935. She was a substitute Society Editor for the Gainesville Daily Sun. She was an excellent bridge player and earned many masters points in duplicate bridge. She was active in the PTA, the Red Cross, the AAUW, the 20th Century Women's Club and many others. She was a devout Christian and was active in the Presbyterian Church where she was school director and taught adult Sunday School classes. She and her husband were major contributors to building the new sanctuary. The family lived in a suburb of Gainesville known as "Little Gandy." It is just across the highway from the Shands Medical School at the University of Florida. She is buried in the same grave with her husband at the corner of Lincoln and L'Enfant Drives in Arlington National Cemetery.
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