I know we weren't speaking but I was her brother. I'll miss you

LINDA, WE ALREADY MISS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND YOUR WARM HUGS.  SAD TO KNOW THAT LOVELY HEAD OF WHITE HAIR WILL NOT BE SEEN ON SHELDRAKE AGAIN.  YOU MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE WHILE YOU WERE HERE MY FRIEND.

When i started kingsburg High Ms Clark was my reading Teacher Then In My Junior Year She Became Principal.I Used To See Her Greeting The Students Everyday.She Was. A Teacher/Principal Who Truly Loved Students. She Will Be Greatly Missed

Linda was a wonderful friend and I miss her.  I was fortunate to get to know her over the past year and a half.  As a neighbor we would  walk and talk together almost everyday from September, 2018 to December, 2019.  At times it was difficult for her to walk and communicate but it did not stop her.  Her sister Jeanie would be there to see her off and welcome her home after the walk. Most of our conversations would be a sentimental journey. 
The journey included: her first car a red Camaro and a speeding ticket that went with it, growing up in Redding, Ca., the attempts to water ski on lake Shasta,  the prom date who was drunk and required that her father pick her up and take her home, riding a motor scooter around Italy,  travel adventures with Jeanie and her mother, the loss of the ability to drive, wanting to join the Navy and most of all we talked about every aspect of her tenure as a english teacher and principal at Kingsberg high.  After I got to know her I would refer to her as the famous lady from Kingsberg.  
She was able to smile and laugh at the stupid things I would say.  She enjoyed talking with the neighbors and saying hello to all the cats.  
We would sing portions of songs because neither one of us could remember all the lyrics. She enjoyed and appreciated  the outings with her friends from the neighborhood and Kingsberg. The outings usually centered around eating which she openly admitted was her favorite thing to do.
On her 70th birthday Jeanie and her neighbors and friends gave her a surprise birthday party. She enjoyed seeing everyone.  She enjoyed all the birthday cards and enjoyed reading them multiple times.  
On our last walk together I asked her what she wanted for Christmas.  She told me she wanted to drive her car and take Jeanie to dinner at Yosemite Ranch for Jeanie’s birthday.  
As her father told her, “She was the best vegetable in the salad.” He was right.  I miss her. 

 

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Linda Evelyn Clark

7 July, 1949 – 14 February, 2020

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