Margaret Ann Thistle

Margaret Ann Thistle died in Santa Fe on September 6, 2026. She was 77. Born in Santa Fe on June 30, 1949, raised among Anglo Southwest manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She checked out mysteries and tax forms with the same calm. Overdue notices went out with a handwritten note when a household was stretched. Colleagues still mention a stamp pad and overdue-card patience. She married Robert in 1976. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised two daughters through public schools and ordinary weather. After Robert died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember a wave from the driveway that meant you were seen. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Santa Fe, among streets she never needed to explain. The key is still under the same brick.