Linda Joyce Petersen, 68, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at her home in Snowflake. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Main Street Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where a viewing will begin at 12 noon that same day. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Resthaven Cemetery, 6450 W. Northern Ave. in Glendale.
She was born Sept. 14, 1947, in Huntsville, Ala., to Wilbourn O. Dowdy and Martha Novella Mink Dowdy.
Linda was a very loving and kind person who had a big heart and would do anything for absolutely anyone. She loved to teach music, especially singing. Linda also loved to dance.
She met Sherman in 1972, they were married in 1974 and were sealed in the LDS Temple in 2012. She had a special love for her grandchildren. Linda was also a patriot through and through.
Survivors include her husband, Sherman; two children, Howard Michael Phillips and Jonna Michelle Hudson, both of Austin, Texas; four stepchildren, Fred Cody Petersen of Three Forks, Mont., Larry E. Petersen of Mayfield, Utah, Kelli Donato of Phoenix and Brandi Foote of Wickenburg; 14 grandchildren; and a brother, Ron Dowdy of Taylor.
Owens Livingston Mortuary-Heritage Chapel in Snowflake was in charge of the arrangements.
