Margaret Ludwig Cargo, of Columbia, died June 13, 2008, at her residence at Vantage House. She was 92.

Born April 23, 1916, in Saginaw, Mich., to Harland and Grace Willemin Ludwig, she graduated from Albion High School, in Michigan, in 1934.

In 1938, she graduated from Albion College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at college, she was a member of the Albion Women's Debate Team.

She married William I. Cargo, who was the ambassador to Nepal, in 1938.

Mrs. Cargo was a homemaker who, due to her responsibilities as a diplomat's wife, became an unofficial representative of the United States. The couple traveled the world together.

She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years who died in 2005; and two brothers, James Ludwig and John Ludwig.

Mrs. Cargo is survived by a son, David Cargo, of Columbia; a daughter, Ruth Cargo, of Decatur, Ga., and Columbia; a sister, Dorothy Fisher, of Arizona; three half-sisters, Virginia Murdoch, Barbara Wilson and Janice Promberger, all of Arizona; and three grandchildren, Martha Cargo, of Columbia, James Boswell, of Owings Mills, and Ben Boswell, of Ellicott City.

Graveside services were held June 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Mich. Her nephew, the Rev. William Cargo, officiated.

A reception for family and friends is slated for Sunday, June 29, 2008, at 2 p.m., in the Winter Garden at Vantage House, 5400 Vantage Point Road, Columbia.

Memorial donations may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 555 W. Towsontown Blvd., Towson, MD 21204.

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