Linda Stumbaugh
Linda Kay Stumbaugh,
73, Minot, passed away
peacefully at Trinity
Homes on Monday, Feb.
1, 2016.
Linda was born June 18,
1942, the daughter of
Charles Eugene Powell
and Mary Lou Powell
(Reynolds) of Topeka Kan-
sas. She graduated from
Topeka High School in
1960. She married her
lifetime husband of 52
years, Paul R. Stumbaugh,
on Dec. 10, 1961. From
this union, three children,
Paula, Kevin, and Lisa
were born. They made
their home on various Air
Force bases in the follow-
ing states and provi-
dences: Kansas, Puerto
Rico, Missouri, Goose Bay
Labrador, Canada and
Ohio. In February 1971,
they moved to Minot Air
Force Base and upon
Paul’s retirement in
February 1988, they
moved to the city of
Minot. Linda traveled the
world with her family and
was loved by many.
She worked as a cashier
at North Plains Elementa-
ry School at Minot AFB
from 1974 until her retire-ment in 2007. She loved
working with all the kids,
and up until her recent
passing, would see some
of the students with their
own children, which al-
ways put a smile on her
face. You would hear
them say, “Hi Mrs. Stum-
baugh, do you remember
me?” She remembered all
the kids’ names.
Linda excelled as a
wife/mother and support-
ed her husband and fami-
ly during their military
travels and throughout
life. She was also instru-
mental in raising her
grandson, Joshua (Minot)
and was always there for
her other grandson, Dylan
(Tampa, Fla.). She looked
forward to spending the
summers in Tampa so she
could go to the theme
parks and parks/beaches
with her two boys she
loved being Grandma Lin-
da. She enjoyed
cooking/baking, camping,
fishing, gardening, yard
work as well as tending to
her beautiful flower gar-
dens during the long
North Dakota summer
days. She was a sweet
and honest woman and
will be missed by many.
Her loving family in-
cludes: daughters, Paula
Booth, Tampa, Fla., and
Lisa Roettger, Fenton,
Mo.; two grandsons, Josh
Pettit and Dylan Short;
two great-granddaughters,
Avrianna and Skylee Pet-
tit, Minot; sister, Karen
Jensen; and brother,
Charles Powell, Jr.;
sisters-in-law, Colista
Theodore, Margaret Stum-
baugh and Helen Manion,
all of whom loved her
dearly.
Linda was preceded in
death by: her husband,
Paul; son, Kevin; sister,
Billy Ditch; and her
parents, Charles and Mary
Powell.
Celebration of Life Ser-
vice: 3 to 5 p.m. Thurs-
day, Feb. 25, 2016, at 879
Aster Loop, Minot.
Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday at
Thompson-Larson Fun-
eral Home, Minot.
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