Virginia Ruth Linkenback (Wentworth)
August 24, 1913 — September 6, 2012
Virginia Linkenback, 99, died Thursday, September 6, 2012, at Northbrook Manor, Cedar Rapids. Prior to moving to Northbrook, Virginia lived nine years at Kingston Hill. She was born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids on August 24, 1913, the daughter of James Sherman and Mattie Pearl Wentworth. She married Elmer Linkenback on July 24, 1937, at Calvary Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids. She was active at Calvary Baptist Church for many years as a Sunday School teacher and deaconess.
Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Linkenback of Cedar Rapids and Joyce (Lloyd) Applegate, of Cedar Falls; son, Jim (Jo Ellen) Linkenback of Seminole, Florida; grandchildren, Kent (Machelle) Applegate, Jill Applegate, Brooke (Tim) Farrell, and Joel Linkenback; three great grandchildren, Olivia and Lincoln Farrell, and Daniel Linkenback; one sister, Gwen (Bob) Schmidt of Charles City, Iowa; three sisters-in-law, Wilma Linkenback, Alice Sefkow and Gladys Browning; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Elmer.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Calvary Baptist Church or Kingston Hill.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, where the family will greet friends from 10 am until service time at the church. Rev. Jay Jentink will officiate. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Linkenback of Cedar Rapids and Joyce (Lloyd) Applegate, of Cedar Falls; son, Jim (Jo Ellen) Linkenback of Seminole, Florida; grandchildren, Kent (Machelle) Applegate, Jill Applegate, Brooke (Tim) Farrell, and Joel Linkenback; three great grandchildren, Olivia and Lincoln Farrell, and Daniel Linkenback; one sister, Gwen (Bob) Schmidt of Charles City, Iowa; three sisters-in-law, Wilma Linkenback, Alice Sefkow and Gladys Browning; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Elmer.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Calvary Baptist Church or Kingston Hill.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, where the family will greet friends from 10 am until service time at the church. Rev. Jay Jentink will officiate. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids.
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