Linda Tool, age 81, of Gilmore City, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024 at the West Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be 2:30 PM on Saturday July 20th at First Lutheran Church in Gilmore City, with burial in the Marble Valley Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 – 7 PM Friday July 19th at the Lentz Funeral Home in Gilmore City.
Linda Eileen Jacobson, the daughter of Phillip and Sylvia (Boyd) Jacobson, was born on August 2, 1942 in Woodbine, Iowa. She graduated from Gilmore City – Bradgate High School in 1960. On August 25, 1960 Linda was united in marriage with her high School sweetheart, Donald Tool at the First Lutheran Church in Gilmore City. Linda had worked as a Teacher’s Aide at the Gilmore City – Bradgate Schools and managed Casey’s in Gilmore City for 24 years. She was a member of the American Legion Axillary, First Lutheran Church and Circle.
Left to cherish Linda’s memory is her husband of almost 64 years, Don; children, Daniel (Lisa) Tool of Gilmore City, Kathleen (Richard) Carman of Gilmore City and Tricia Tool of Fort Dodge; 6 grandchildren, Chelsey (Matt) Thilges, Nick (Abby) Carman, Nate (Allie) Tool, Kennedy Tool, Karter Rossing and Cooper Rossing; 5 great grandchildren with 1 on the way; siblings, Judy (Eugene) Carman and Sheila Wiese; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, David James Tool; a granddaughter, Amanda Marrie Albrecht; a brother, Russell Jacobson; sisters, Jo Ann Schurr, Mary Ford and Susan Anderson; brother-in-law, Ben Schurr, Jack Wiese, Jim Ford and Ron Anderson; nephew, Steve Schurr and niece, Lorrie Carman.
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