OBITUARY: Linda D. Clear

Linda D. Clear, 71, of Coralville died peacefully Wednesday, April 2nd at the Mercy Hospice.

Funeral services to celebrate Linda’s life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 7th at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City with Deacon Jerry Miller officiating. Entombment will be in the Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Linda was born April 1, 1943 in Iowa City, the daughter of Harry and Gladys Netser Embree. She was a graduate of Wellman High School. On September 5, 1970, Linda married John Clear in Rock Island, Illinois.

Linda had been employed at the University of Iowa laundry, retiring in 2005. Prior to that she had managed the Markee Lounge in Coralville and worked at ACT. Linda loved people and enjoyed time spent gardening, sewing and crocheting. She was a member of the Gold Wing Club. She will be greatly missed.

Linda is survived by her husband John; her son, Rick (Deana) Cobb of Westchester, Iowa; three grandchildren; two sisters, Nancy Plank of Iowa City and Susan Melzow of Wellman; sister-in-law, Barb (Joe) Meade of Woodbury, Minnesotal; and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Sam Cobb; step-son, Michael Clear; and her brother, Robert Embree.