Margaret May Stoner Hunter, 99, of Columbia MO., Passed away Sunday June 25, 2023 at The Bluffs in Columbia, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 8 at Green Valley Mortuary & Cemetery in Green Valley, AZ., with private graveside ceremony and burial immediately following.

Margaret was born December 6, 1923, in York County (Fairview Township), PA. to Silvanus Dewey Stoner and Jennie May Bishop of New Cumberland, PA. as one of 7 children.

Margaret met the love of her life, James S. Hunter Jr. MD., in Baltimore, MD. They were married on Dec. 19, 1947, in Rochester, Minnesota. James was an MD on staff at The Mayo Clinic and Margaret was employed as a surgical nurse, also at the clinic. They had 4 children all born in Rochester, MN; Leslie Anne, Cynthia Starr, James Stanley, and Lauren Patrice. In 1963 their future shifted to Manhattan, Kansas where Dr. Hunter founded the Manhattan Medical Center as an OBGYN partner. Margaret pledged her life to raising the 4 children and served as an active business partner with Dr. Hunter.

In January of 1984, they retired to Green Valley, AZ. Margaret later moved to Columbia, MO in 2006 to be closer to her loving family and remained there until her passing.

Margaret had a wonderful passion for the Lord Jesus Christ and saw that he was well incorporated into our lives as we children grew up. She enjoyed gardening, genealogical research, antiquing, sewing and stone houses. She could paint beautiful pictures using water colors or oil-based paints.

She is survived by her son, James S. Hunter III (Brenda) of Green Valley, AZ., daughters Leslie Anne Windyka of Kersey, CO., and Lauren P. Weber (Chuck) of La Jolla, CA., 8 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Gladys Cline and Betty Jane Sheets of Harrisburg, PA, along with many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Margaret was preceded in death by her daughter, Cynthia Starr Hutchinson, granddaughter, Leigh Anne Windyka, brothers, Silvanus Wilmer Stoner, Edgar Allen Stoner and sisters, Miriam A. Wilson and Evalyn R. Mundew.