Margaret was born at Custer, WA, and graduated from Mt. Baker High School. She went to Spokane for nurses training and continued nursing and finally teaching nursing until her retirement about 1972. She moved into Hawthorne Manor in Spokane "so as not to be a burden to others" and lived there until her death in 1984. Margaret was one of those people who always looked after others and was always the loving aunt to the many children who knew her. She never missed the recognition of a birthday or an anniversary. Margaret had contracted tuberculosis as a nurse during WWII and had lost the use of one lung. This probably contributed to kidney failure and her early death. She was on dialysis for a number of years during which she still faithfully nursed her father and mother. Many of the family pictures were taken by Margaret.
They had a daughter named Geraldine Janet Carpenter.