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Linda JOrdan
LINDA LLOYE JORDAN
Iowa City
Linda Lloye Jordan, 76, died peacefully Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, at Oaknoll Health Center surrounded by her family.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Spring Street Community Room, Fifth Floor, Oaknoll. The Rev. Anita Johnson will officiate. Family committal services will be in Oakland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Oaknoll Foundation or to Friends of the Iowa City Public Library Foundation.
Linda was born Aug. 21, 1940, in Rockford, Iowa, the daughter of Lloyd and Gladys Wildebaur Smith. Linda received her bachelor's degree and her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. On June 25, 1965, Linda married Herbert Jordan in Iowa City.
Linda was an adjunct professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa. Linda also was a speech pathologist in the Department of Neurology at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
She was past president of the Iowa Speech, Language and Hearing Association and had received honors from the same organization. Linda was a Fellow with the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, a member of PEO Chapter KP and founding member of "The Preferred."
She was very creative and liked to garden, sew, cook and paint. Most important to Linda was her family, especially doting on her grandchildren.
The family extends their thanks to the staff at Oaknoll Health Care Center, Iowa City Hospice and all those who cared for and attended to Linda.
Survivors include her husband, Herb; their two children, Jennifer Lee (Michael) Jordan (Molitor) of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Andrew Lloyd (Deborah) Jordan of Tipton; five grandchildren, Finn Cheney Jordan, Neil Lloyd Jordan, Margaret Jane Molitor, Charles Nicholas Jordan Molitor and Ivy Lynn Molitor; and her sister, Mary Ruth (William) Carpenter of Fort Myers, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents and infant brother, Thomas Michael.
Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
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