Linda Wright, 59, “went home to be with her Lord and Savior,” from her home in Kalispell, on Saturday evening, Jan. 1, 2011.

 Linda was born July 12, 1951, in Chicago, to Robert and Patricia (Smith) Wimble. She was raised in southern California where she attended school. 

Linda married Vince Wright in 1983 in San Diego. Linda had worked as a florist and had worked with her husband in their own business. She was a wonderful wife and mother who loved her family “and had a passionate love for her Eternal Father and looked forward to her heavenly home.”

Linda also loved her church family and one of her highlights in life was a missionary trip to Africa in 2007. She also enjoyed volunteering in the church kitchen and other volunteer work at Easthaven Baptist church.

She enjoyed photography, cooking, flowers, crafting, swimming, camping, traveling, and life in general.

She is survived by her husband, Vince Wright; mother, Patricia Mizer; stepfather, Richard; children, Joe Butcher, Julia Bilaver and Alysia Wright; siblings, Robert Wimble, Edward Wimble and Judy Nome; grandchildren, Nicole and Troy Bilaver and Emily Butcher.

A celebration of Linda's life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at Easthaven Baptist Church in Kalispell.

The family requests that you send memorials to the Easthaven Baptist Church Missions program. You are invited to go to www.buffalohillfh.com to leave personal messages or sign her book.