June 5, 1951 - February 19, 2019

She came to us as Margaret Mary Feldmeier, but we always called her Margy. Formally named after her surrogate grandmother, Margarita Cruz, she was born on June 4, 1951, to William and Virginia (Cruz) Feldmeier in Phoenix, Arizona. She was the second of four, right behind her brother Bill. Margy grew up in Phoenix, went to grade school at St Simon and Jude, then Maryland, graduating from Washington High School in 1969 and Glendale Community College in 1971.

Margy spent her entire working life in the banking/financial industry with institutions such as Arizona Bank and Security Pacific. The last several years were with the fraud division of Bank of America. Early in her career, she was with American Express and for a short time with a bank in San Diego.

In 1978, she abandoned the Feldmeier last name and took Stahl when she married Tom. This marriage led to the birth of two wonderful daughters -- Jill and then Kelly. Margy was never a soccer mom but instead focused on numerous activities for her daughters and among them their years long affiliation with the Arizona Pride Cloggers. As a clogger mom, she made lasting friendships not just with other parents but with the other kids. Margy was also an avid fan of Rattlers Arena Football and “The Young and the Restless”. Margy was noted for always remembering birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. Hallmark Cards benefited from her constant purchases of get well cards that were sent continually to the sick and infirm. In addition to being blessed with Jill and Kelly, Margy's life blossomed when Jill married Clint and three special grandchildren were born -- first was Ella and then five years later, twins Wren and Willow.

She was the best grandmother ever. Margy and Ella were best of friends. Always having sleepovers, going to movies and playing games of all sorts. She always had treats for Ella in her purse. Margy didn't want to be called Grandma – it just seemed too old for her – so she thought Gramcracker would be a fun name. But Ella was too young to say that, so it came out as “Cracker”, so it stuck. Margy was always just known as Ella's Cracker! Margy wanted to share her love of traveling with her two daughters, so she started a yearly tradition of a girls trip to new places – from the Caribbean, to Australia, to Iceland, and to India – that continued over 15 years.

Margy is survived by her forever friend Tom, daughters Jill (husband Clint and their daughters Ella, Wren and Willow) and Kelly, as well as her brother Bill and other siblings. Sadly, Margy has left us on Earth, but we are happy that she is with God, her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and numerous friends made along the way.

We know she will be in our Lord’s hands and her guiding spirit will always be with us.