Linda L. Markward, 67, of Moline, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

Funeral services are 1 pm on Saturday at the Ascension Chapel of Augustana College, Rock Island.  Burial is at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.  Visitation is 4 to 7 pm Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Memorials may be made to the Education Foundations of either Rock Island, Moline, Geneseo or Cedar Rapids Public Schools.

Linda Sedore was born Nov. 26, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Leo and Irene Olson Sedore.  She attended Augustana College, where she met Dave Markward.  They married on Nov. 21, 1970 in Cedar Rapids.

Linda operated a day care center in her home and later worked for the law firm of Brown & Ray in Geneseo.  After moving to the Quad Cities, she worked for Neil Ferrari State Farm Insurance, Milan.  Linda and Dave later moved to Cedar Rapids, where she was employed by the Al Schettler State Farm Insurance Agency.

She was an avid reader and enjoyed gardening and boating.  Linda had a great passion for small children and animals, but could best be described as a devoted wife and mother who dearly loved her family.

Survivors include her husband, Dave; children, Heather (Darin) Cowan, Urbandale, Iowa, Josh (Julia) Markward, Chicago, Lindsay Anderson, Milan, and Brooke Markward, Davenport; and grandchildren, Carter and Connor Cowan, Georgia and Hattie Anderson, and Hawk and River Markward.  She was preceded in death by her parents.

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