Linda Sue (Dobbs) Stroup, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on January 3, 2023, at the Hermann Area District Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, January 9, 2023, at Myers Funeral Home in Middletown, with Mike Brandenburg officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery in Middletown. Myers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Linda was born on December 24, 1944, in Decatur, Ill., to Eugene and Ruby (Arney) Dobbs. While growing up, her family relocated to Tulsa, Okla. It was there that she would meet the love of her life, Loren. On December 30, 1961, she married Ernest (Loren) Stroup, Jr., a United States Airman, and soon they were off to live in England and start their family.
While Loren was stationed overseas, their children, Annelisa and Ricky, were born in Mildenhall, England. Once they returned stateside, the family spent the next twenty years living at various Air Force bases across the United States. While Loren served his country, Linda took care of their family. She was a member of the NCO Wives Club, participated in the Vietnam POW/MIA bracelet public awareness campaign, worked as a Girl Scout troop leader and Cub Scout den mother and was an avid bowler.
After Loren's retirement in 1979, the family moved to Missouri to be closer to Loren's parents.
As their family continued to grow, Linda spent much of her time visiting her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and following their many activities.
Linda is survived by her daughter, Annelisa Goodman (fiancé Steve Goshorn), Mexico; son, Ricky (Michelle) Stroup, Wellsville; grandchildren, Brianne (Jason) Beach, Brittany Bishop, Braden Stroup, and Brooke Stroup, all of Wellsville, and Rebekah Goodman (fiancé Tony Collins), St. Louis; great-grandchildren, Aiden, Alyssa, and Ashlyn Beach and Josie Bishop, all of Wellsville; sisters, Imogene (Bob) Clymore and Nancy Fisher of Oklahoma; sister-in-law, Pat Wadlow, Middletown; brother-in-law, Gary (Kathleen) Stroup, Jefferson City; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins; and longtime family friends, Moon and Patti Mullins of Merced, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren in August 2022; her parents; sister-in-law Bertha Kincaid; brother-in-law, Bill Kincaid; and nephew, Tommy Kincaid.
Memorials may be given to the Central Missouri Honor Flight. They may be sent in care of Myers Funeral Home, 203 E. Bates, Wellsville, MO 63384.
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