Linda (Bertsch) McClure was born on July 19, 1948, to Raymond and Lucille Bertsch. She attended schools in Fairfield and graduated in 1966. She worked for Grogan Robinson Lumber Yard from 1967 to 1970. She moved to Seattle, WA, in 1970 and worked at First American Title Co. in Seattle and Bellevue, WA, until 1975. She worked at Kenworth Trucking Co. in Seattle from 1975 to 1976 and for Gary Kasper & Co. in Fairfield from 1991 to 2002. She married Don McClure in 1976. Their first son, Jason Tyler, was born in Seattle in February 1978. They moved to Fairfield in 1978, and their second son, Brock Raymond, was born in Great Falls in January 1981. They divorced in 1991. Survivors are her brother Darrell Bertsch of Fairfield; her two sons Jason and Brock of Nampa, ID; a nephew Mitchell Kasper of Fairfield; a daughter-in-law Cassie Cates of Nampa; grandchildren: Isaac McClure and Grayson Taylor of Nampa, and Kaitlyn Bartholemew of Lompoc, CA, Sean Hanson of Norwood, CO, Laquatia Hanson/Leavell of Kearns, UT, Adrianna, Gabriel, and Delilah Cates, Sativa Campbell, and Levi and Ezekial De La Torre, all from Nampa; and many other aunts, uncles, and cousins. She has been preceded in death by her father, Raymond Bertsch; her sister Barbara (Bertsch) Kasper; her husband, Don McClure; her mother, Lucille Bertsch; and her grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, and uncles. Linda loved the Lord, who truly was her best friend, and gives him all the praise and glory for her life and the many miracles he has performed for her, her family, and her friends. His sustaining love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness have always been there for them. Linda loved her sons, grandchildren, family, and friends. She loved people, working in the dirt with her yard and flowers, and she loved to laugh. She had so many friends who could name them all, but she enjoyed each one of them in a special way and loved them very much.
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