Margaret Palmer died March 28, 2001, after an extensive battle with her failing heart. She was in her 89th year of a very successful life. She was a wealthy woman; not by the measure of her monetary worth but by the amount of love, caring, sharing and compassion, given freely to all with no question, expectation or judgement. She was a woman with a very limited formal education yet exhibited wisdom and knowledge a scholar would envy.

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