Margaret Stradling was the second child and only daughter of Catherine (Kate) Greer and Alvin Stradling. She was born April 11, 1923, in St. Johns. She attended schools in St. Johns through the tenth grade, then transferred to North High School in Phoenix, graduating in 1941.
She went to college at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she earned a degree in sociology. While there, she met Thomas Marvin Ballantyne, and they wed on December 14, 1945. Together they lovingly raised four children in Houston, Texas: Catherine Ann, Thomas Marvin Jr., Joseph Stradling, and Richard Lorenzo.
She loved all of her Greer relatives and eagerly looked forward to every reunion. She passed away April 19, 2005, in Tucson at the age of 82.
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