Leanna (Tindall) Linden

Leanna (Tindall) Linden, loving mother, grandmother and devoted friend to many, passed away peacefully November 25, 2023, at age 86.

She was born November 10, 1937, in Ransom, Kansas, the elder daughter of Eldon and Irene (McKenzie) Marcy. Early in her life, her family moved from a Trego County farm to a farm near Selkirk, in Wichita County. She was active in 4-H throughout her youth. She was very proud that she had raised, then shown at the Kansas State Fair, a hog that won overall State Grand Champion. She attended high school in Leoti, graduating in 1955, then graduated from The Dominican School of Nursing, in Great Bend, becoming a Registered Nurse in 1958.

Her love of nursing and helping others carried her through her 45year career, most of which was spent at Lane County Hospital, in Dighton. She came to Dighton in 1972 with her husband, Bill Tindall, and son, Randy Tindall. She provided Lane County residents loving care for almost thirty years, including doing double-duty for about ten years as the USD 482 school nurse. She was honored to be elected to serve for several years on Dighton’s City Council. She loved her community and the people who made Dighton a wonderful place to live. Bill passed in 1980. She later married Arnold Linden and they had many good years together.

Leanna enjoyed bowling, bingo, crochet, supper club, and rooting for the Royals, Chiefs, and Wildcats. In her younger adult years, she enjoyed traveling the world. She and Bill went on many trips, including tours of Europe, the Caribbean, and South America. She was preceded in death by Bill and Arnold, and her only sibling, her sister, Aneth, who lived in Wichita. She is survived by Randy, his wife, Renee, and four grandchildren; Kendall, Cassandra, Kallista, and Ethan, all of whom live in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 2, 2023, 10:00, at Dighton’s Bible Fellowship Church, followed immediately by a graveside service at Dighton Cemetery, then lunch at the church. Visitation will be from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm on Friday at Boomhower Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Lane County Hospital, in care of Boomhower Funeral Home.