Linda L. Joiner

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Posted 10/21/19

LA SALLE - Linda L. (Simpson) Joiner, 76, of LaSalle passed away Oct. 18, 2019 at her home.

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Linda L. Joiner

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LA SALLE - Linda L. (Simpson) Joiner, 76, of LaSalle passed away Oct. 18, 2019 at her home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Utica Baptist Church with Rev. Lloyd Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Troy Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota and for one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church.

Linda was born June 26, 1943 in LaSalle to Russell and Marjorie (Scott) Crane. She married William “Bill” Simpson on Dec. 30, 1962. He preceded her in death on June 30, 2013. She married Tom Joiner on May 4, 2019 in Utica.

Survivors include her husband, Tom of LaSalle; one daughter, Paula (Mark Setchell) Roberts of DeKalb; one son, Rick (Ronda) Simpson of LaSalle; two sisters, Leila (Don) Croisant of LaSalle and Nancy Crane of Mendota; three grandchildren, Lisa (Nick Sweeney) Wujek and Tyler Roberts, both of LaSalle and Scott Simpson of Tonica; two stepchildren, Alan (Patti) Joiner and Beth (Rob) Ingle; eight step grandchildren, Seth Ingle, Ben Harris, Jacob Harris, Jessica Zellmer, Joshua Joiner, Ashlee Miller, Jeremy Cooper and Terry Austin Cooper; and six step great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Linda was a 1960 graduate of LaSalle-Peru High School. She worked at Eureka Savings Bank in LaSalle for 41 years retiring as assistant vice president of savings. She volunteered at Illinois Valley Community Hospital as a Red Coat. She was a member of Utica Baptist Church. She loved baking, gardening and traveling.

Memorials may be directed to Utica Baptist Church or Cops 4 Cancer.