Linda Joan (Kinser) Stanley, 76, passed away on December 28, 2023 after a battle with lung cancer peacefully at her home in Oberlin with loved ones by her side.
Linda was the eldest daughter born to Joe and Josephine (Von Schuetz) Kinser on September 10, 1947 in Norton, KS. The Kinser family lived on a farm south of Jennings - near Allison. She attended Allison Rural School for three years then went to Jennings Grade School and High School where she graduated in 1965. After graduating, she went to Stormont-Vail Hospital School of Nursing in Topeka for a 36-month Diploma program on a generous scholarship from the George Robb Fund.
After nursing school, she worked at Norton County Hospital and then continued her career with Decatur Health in Oberlin as a Registered Nurse dedicating 45 years of care to her patients. It brought such joy to Linda that two of her granddaughters, Emily and Malilah, followed in her footsteps and are currently Registered Nurses with successful new careers.
Linda married John Stanley in July of 1969. They were blessed with four children - Chad, Chanda, and twins - Chaylene and Christina. John and Linda first made their home in Norton, KS and then settled in Oberlin, KS where they lived happily for nearly 50 years. Over the years,
Linda developed a love of gardening and reading. She was known to spend countless hours nurturing her garden and flowers throughout the spring and summertime. Linda had a knack for grabbing the unwanted plants at the end of the season and nursing them back to their intended beauty. Her home was filled with plants of all types and books in every corner. Some people have car chapstick, purse chapstick, bedside chapstick … Linda had car books, purse books, bedside books, living room books, garage books, and kitchen books - always reading more than one at a time.
Linda is preceded in death by her beloved husband, John, her parents, Joseph and Josephine Kinser, her brothers, Tim Kinser and Jerry Kinser and his wife Sandi, her sister, Kay Reedy, and her parents-in-law Norman and Dorothy Stanley.
Linda is survived by her children - Chad (Susan) Stanley, Chanda (Leonard) Fleckenstein, Chaylene (Andrew) Buzard, and Christina (Eric) Green, grandchildren - Addeson, Ryder, Emily, Hannah, Mickey Ann, Hunter, Haisly, Malilah, Mason, Madilyn, and Maddix, great grandchildren - Amelia and Gwenivere, her sister - Janet (Damon) Morrin, her brother - John (Kay) Kinser, and countless in-laws, nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, great great nieces and nephews, and several lifelong friends. She was dearly loved and will be truly missed by many.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Oberlin, KS, and Linda will be laid to eternal rest next to her dear husband, John, in Oberlin. A private family burial will be held at a later time. Visitation at Pauls Funeral Home will be Monday, January 1, 2024 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Memorial contributions can be made in Linda’s name, and condolences can be left at www.paulsfh.com.