Chambers, Linda (1943 - 2016)

CHAMBERS, CARSTENSEN, MATHIASEN, GOSHORN, SNUTTJER, GOETZINGER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/9/2016 at 13:12:02

Name of deceased: Linda Lu Chambers

Aged: 72 yrs, 8 mo, 17 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: Dec. 20, 1943; Harlan, IA

Died: Sep. 6, 2016; Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Sep. 10, 2016; First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Son, Curt Mathaisen of Baltimore, MD; daughter, Suzanne (spouse, Kevin) Goshorn of Harlan, IA; granddaughters, Nicole and Brooke Goshorn of Harlan, IA; sister, Ann (spouse, Norman) Snuttjer of Council Bluffs, IA.

Predeceased by: Parents, Floyd and Phyllis (nee Carstensen) Chambers; son, Greg; stepmother, Kathrin Chambers

Education: attended school in Newell, IA, later moving to Harlan, IA, and graduated with the class of 1961. She then began attending Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, MO, but did not finish; rather, she returned to Harlan, IA to marry.

Religious affiliation: baptized at Altamont Baptist Church, Harlan, IA; as an adult, she was a member of the Congregational Church in Harlan, IA, before later joining the First United Methodist Church in Harlan, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage(s): (1) Ron Mathiason; 1963; First Baptist Church, Harlan, IA; Linda’s grandfather, Rev. Martin Carstensen, performed the ceremony. (2) Ron Goetzinger; 1992; First Methodist Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: employed in the insurance, travel, and customer service industries before finding her destined job as a home caretaker for a couple in Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: cooking, baking, gardening, time spent with grandchildren

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com