Linda Markward

LINDA L. MARKWARD

Cedar Rapids

Linda L. Markward, 67, of Moline, Ill., formerly of

Cedar Rapids, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, at the

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at

the Ascension Chapel of Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill. Burial is at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is from

4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly

Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 Seventh Ave., Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the education foundations of either Rock

Island, Moline, Geneseo or Cedar Rapids Public schools.

Linda Sedore was born Nov. 26, 1949, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Leo and Irene Olson Sedore. She attended Augustana

College, where she met Dave Markward.

They married on Nov. 21, 1970, in Cedar

Rapids. Linda operated a day care

center in her home and later worked for the law firm of Brown & Ray in Geneseo, Ill. After moving

to the Quad Cities, she worked for Neil Ferrari State

Farm Insurance, Milan, Ill. Linda and Dave later moved to Cedar Rapids, where she was employed by the Al

Schettler State Farm Insurance Agency.

She was an avid reader and enjoyed gardening and boating. Linda had a great passion for small children

and animals, but could best be described as a devoted

wife and mother who dearly loved her family.

Survivors include her husband, Dave; children, Heather (Darin) Cowan, Urbandale, Josh (Julia)

Markward, Chicago, Lindsay Anderson, Milan, and

Brooke Markward, Davenport; and her grandchildren,

Carter and Connor Cowan, Georgia and Hattie

Anderson, and Hawk and River Markward.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Online condolences may be left at

www.wheelanpressly.com.