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Linda Joan
Johnson (Holtom)
1959 - 2016
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Obituary for Linda Joan Johnson (Holtom)

Linda Joan  Johnson (Holtom)
Mrs. Linda Joan Johnson, beloved wife of Mr. Robert ‘RJ’ Johnson of Leslieville, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the age of 56 years. Linda was born to Jim and Marie Holtom on October 3, 1959 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She was the eldest of five children. Her family moved to Alberta and settled in Sylvan Lake, where Linda attended school, meeting her soul mate, Robert Johnson. The couple married in October 1976. Together they raised seven sons. Linda was active in her church, she loved to cook and feed people. If ever there was a need, she was the first to help. She always enjoyed meeting people, which has made her countless friends over the years. Her fondest childhood memories were of church camp in the summers while growing up. Throughout their forty years together, Linda and RJ moved around due to Robert’s work. From Sylvan Lake to Medicine Hat, to Red Deer to Brooks; and then on to Prince Albert, Nipawin, Joffre, Canora, Saskatchewan, and then to Leslieville, where she finally got her dream home. Friends and family would come out for a visit, and a simple meal would always end up as a buffet. Between raising seven sons, running a Mac Store, a family restaurant, home schooling the boys, and tirelessly doing payroll, accounts receivable, invoicing, etc. for their mechanical and welding business, she found time to knit, garden and game online with friends. She also re-invented the word, Nighthawk. Linda was honest to a fault, never took anything, always giving and had a gift of making any gathering a special event. To her, there were no strangers, only friends she hadn’t met. She also truly loved anything baby. Be it children, puppies, kittens, chicks, mice, pigs or calves, anything that was starting on its journey. She especially enjoyed the way kids would gravitate to her, and always took time out of her day for them. Linda will be lovingly remembered by her husband, RJ of Leslieville; her sons, Michael (Alorlie) of Blackfalds (Rene Dennis of Yorkton), Matthew (Andrea) of Thompson, Manitoba, Christopher (Lesly) and Joshua (Crystal), all of Blackfalds, Zachary, Samuel and Jacob; as well as Maverick, all of Leslieville; special mention, Carrie Mazer of Redwater, Alberta, her ‘daughter’; ten grandsons and finally one granddaughter. She will also be sadly missed by her parents, Jim and Marie Holtom of Sylvan Lake, siblings, Robert of Red Deer, Darin (Gerry) of Sylvan Lake, Jacqueline (Bryan) Phillips of Penticton, and Jim (Angie) of Sylvan Lake and her mother-in-law, Eleanor Greggain, of Sylvan Lake. Linda was predeceased by her father-in-law, Elmer Johnson in 1984 and a sister-in-law, Valerie Denman in 1996. A Celebration of Linda’s Life will be held at the Withrow Gospel Mission, Zion Road, Clearwater County, Alberta on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Brian Allen officiating. A reception will follow at the Leslieville Community Centre, Leslieville, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations may be made directly to the Sunnyside Christian Retreat Center, 202 Birchcliff Road, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, T4S 1R6, where a memorial is being set up in Linda’s honor for underprivileged children to be able to attend camp. The family would like to express their most sincere gratitude to Dr. Johannes Myburgh and the staff of Unit 32 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, especially to Catherine, for making her brief time there as pleasant as possible. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Elle Dell, Funeral Director at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
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