Linda Lou (Clark) PEDERSON GARDNER URICH

URICH, BLACK, CLARK, PEDERSON, GARDNER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/22/2015 at 14:37:39

June 26, 1938 --- August 20, 2015

DOWS, IA -- Linda Lou Urich, 77, of Dows, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at Fort Dodge Villa Care Center in Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the United Presbyterian Church in Dows, with Pastor Shawn Hill officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Goldfield at a later date. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at the United Presbyterian Church in Dows and continue one hour prior to services Monday. Dugger Funeral Home, 100 N. Lee St., Dows, is in charge of arrangements.

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DOWS, IA -- Linda Lou Urich, age 77, of Dows passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at Fort Dodge Villa Care Center in Fort Dodge. Funeral services for Linda Lou Urich will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the United Presbyterian Church in Dows. Pastor Shawn Hill will officiate. Burial will take place in the Fairview Cemetery in Goldfield at a later date. Visitation for Linda Lou Urich will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at the United Presbyterian Church in Dows and continued one hour before services on Monday. Dugger Funeral Home, 100 N. Lee St. in Dows, is in charge of arrangements.

Linda Lou, daughter of Clarence and Hilda (Black) Clark, was born June 26, 1938, at Eldora. Linda attended schools in Ames, Clarion, Goldfield, and Eagle Grove, graduating with the class of 1956. Linda attended Fort Dodge Beauty Academy, graduating in 1958, and worked at several beauty salons in Fort Dodge. She moved to Ackley and Humbolt, then opened her own beauty salon in Dows in 1960 and retired in the '80s. She worked at Clarion Care Center, moved to Branson, Missouri, and did laundry, housekeeping, and cooking at a large motel. She also did factory jobs, drove a semi truck, rode her Honda motorcycle, and did some welding.

Linda Lou grew up on a farm near Goldfield. Linda was married to Vern Pederson in 1959. He died in 1977. Linda married Leonard Urich in 1962. He died in 1983. Linda married Roger Gardner in 1988. He died in 2006. Linda had two children and was a member of the Dows Presbyterian Church. Her hobbies included fishing, boating, doing puzzles, reading, walking, and collecting angels.

Linda is survived by son Lance LeeRoy of Dows, brother Wayne (Dorothy) Clark of Osage, nephew Cory (Angie) Clark of Ankeny. She is preceded in death by mother Hilda and father C.W. Clark, brother Verle, infant Kirby Lee, and niece Jennifer Clark. Dugger Funeral Homes, 100 N. Lee St., Dows, IA.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
August 23, 2015