Linda Friesen Deasy, 99, of Goessel, Kan., died Dec. 3, 2021, at Bethesda Home. She was born Feb. 8, 1922, to Daniel B. and Suzie (Goertzen) Friesen in Goessel.

She graduated from Goessel High School in 1941. After graduation, she went to work for Herald Press in Newton as a typesetter. After World War II, she decided to become a nurse and attended nursing school. In 1950 she graduated from the Bethel Deaconess School of Nursing. She worked as a registered nurse at Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton. She continued her career in Spokane, Wash., working at several hospitals and nursing homes and retiring in the mid 1980s.

On Oct. 9, 1952, she married Thomas Jefferson (Jeff) Deasy.

They spent their married life in Washington. They shared a love for gardening and travel. Every year the family traveled to the Goessel area to visit family.

She was a loving daughter, wife and mother. She temporarily returned to Kansas to care for her mother as she was dying of cancer. After Jeff died, she moved to Sumner, Wash., to be closer to her daughters. She was a loving grandmother and was always willing to help and care for her grandchildren. She moved to Goessel in 2000 to be near and supportive of daughter Linda Gayle.

She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Spokane. She was an active member of United Methodist Women and was the chair of her circle for many years. She volunteered as a Camp Fire Girls leader for 15 years, as a homeroom mother, and performed many other acts of service to her community and church. She was baptized in her youth at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church and was again a member after she returned to Goessel.

She resided at Bethesda Home in Goessel for 10 years. She often said that Bethesda was home.

Survivors include a daughter, Colleen D. (Mark) Olleman of Bellevue, Wash.; four grandchildren; and by Brian Kaufman, who adopted Linda Gayle’s surviving children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Jefferson Deasy; a daughter, Linda Rath; a stepson, Warren Deasy; four siblings, Elmer Friesen, Martha Goerzen, Wilma Martens and Randolf Friesen; and two granddaughters.