Linda M. Wilde-Diamond 1949 - 2022

WILDE, DIAMOND, NEWBY, PANTOJA, CRUM

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/28/2022 at 08:20:19

Sioux City Journal
27 April 2022

Linda M. Wilde-Diamond

Sioux City

Linda Marie Wilde-Diamond, 72, of Sioux City passed away on Sunday April 24, 2022, surrounded by her family at a local hospital.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to service with the family present. The luncheon will be at Faith Lutheran Church at 3101 Hamilton Blvd immediately after the funeral. Burial will be at a later date.

Linda was born in New Malden Surrey, England, on Oct. 18, 1949, the daughter of Fredrick Newby and Elizabeth Pantoja. Linda came to the United States of America in 1962 with her mother and eight of her siblings on the Queen Mary.

In 1967, she met and married Merle Wilde, and to this union two sons, Brian and Keith Wilde, were born. She married Richard Crum in 1980, and to this union one son, Joseph Crum, was born. In 1998, she met and married the love of her life Marvin Diamond.

Linda worked for Zenith until they closed, then ran a daycare out of her home for more than 20 years until she retired.

Linda loved watching TV, reading romance novels, listening to music and spending as much time as she could with her family whom she deeply loved.

She is survived by her husband Marvin Diamond; children Brian (Shauna) Wilde, Keith Wilde, and Joseph Crum (Randi Clause); stepchildren Tina (Mike) Davis, Brian Diamond (Becky Daniel), Lindzy (Darin) Foster, Desiree (Adam) Johnson, and Owen (Stephanie) Diamond; 17 grandchildren Amanda Lockwood-Lenig, Brian Jr, Carter, Alexis, Keaton, and Neveah Wilde, Caleb, Cameron, and Kaydence Crum, Trystan, Rylie, and Camyren McNaughton, Syenna and Loghyn Foster, and Ben, Wesley and Resse Johnson; seven great-grandchildren Dean, Wyatt and Irene McPeek, Korra, Reyes and Emerix Wilde, and Nyx Albrandt; a niece that she considered her daughter as well Andrea (Carey) McClure; nine siblings Tony, Michelle, Phillip, Mark (Michele Barnes), Kevin (Susan) Newby, Susan Prince, Patricia Christian, Francis (Brian) Wetzbarger-Buckmeier and Chantel Pantoja; several cousins; aunts and uncles; nieces and nephews; and ex-husband Merle Wilde.

Linda was preceded in death by her parents Fredrick and Elizabeth; two sisters Elizabeth Newby and Maria Harding; one granddaughter Kaydence Foster; and ex-husband Richard Crum.

Honorary pallbearers will be Brian Jr, Keaton and Carter Wilde, and Caleb and Cameron Crum.