J. Margaret Palmer

LARGO, Fla. - Margaret J. Palmer, 73, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at home.

She moved to Largo in 1960 from her native Cambridge. She worked 20 years as a registered nurse at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater.

She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Largo.

She enjoyed traveling and visited all 50 states and their capitals by car.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Paul T. Palmer Jr. of Largo; a daughter, Gerrell Ann Palmer of Falls Church, Va.; a granddaughter, Rachel Filsinger of New Jersey; and a brother, Kenneth Jarrell of Cabin Creek.

Arrangements were handled by the National Cremation Society of Clearwater.