ff and Jill. Linda worked at Brenton Grocery, A&W, Dairy Queen, as a cook at the Essex Childcare Center and as a Certified Nurses Aide at Garden View Care Center until her retirement in 2012. She enjoyed taking care of people of all ages and was very good at her job! Some of her hobbies included reading, watching Netflix, face-timing her grandchildren and pampering her cat. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Gary on January 9, 2014. Those left to cherish her memory include her children Jeff Geer of Gilbert, IA and Jill Vasquez and husband Mark of Boone, IA; grandchildren Jacob of Seattle, WA, Emily of Des Moines, IA and Becca of Los Angeles, CA; brother Tom Mutchler of Shenandoah; sister Vickie Walters of Red Oak, IA; other family and dear friends.