Linda McCarvel Walters, age 79, passed away February 17, 2019 in Bend, Oregon. She was the wife of Kenneth L. Walters, formerly of Severin.

Linda was born on January 11, 1940 in Anaconda, Montana. She attended St. Mary’s College in Xavier, Kansas where she majored in Sociology. She met Ken Walters in 1961 in Leavenworth, and they married later that year.

Ken’s government job took the newlyweds to Nicosia, Cyprus where their first daughter, Michele, was born. Their second daughter, Leslie, was born in Anaconda during home leave before the family moved to Medan, Indonesia. Son Christopher was born in the Philippines a year later. The family then moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and two years later to Ougadougou, Upper Volta.

After eight years overseas the family moved back to the United States and lived in Manassas, Virginia. Linda started teaching at All Saints Catholic School. She continued teaching in schools all over the world as Ken’s job took them to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Seoul, Korea; Clark AFB in the Philippines; and Frankfurt, Germany. She also continued learning, taking graduate classes in Athens, Greece and Kinshasa, Zaire, and through university affiliates where they lived. She received her Masters in Education from the University of Southern California while in Korea.

Linda and Ken moved to Bend, Oregon in 1991. They bought their first “real” house, a house they picked for its spectacular views of the Cascade Mountains.

Linda suffered great pain from multiple medical issues during the last years of her life. Through it all she maintained her faith and her sense of humor. Liver cancer unexpectedly and quickly caused her demise.

She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Ken, daughters Michele Costa (Tom) of Germantown, Maryland and Leslie Wyant (Ashley) of Reston, Virginia, son Christopher of Fairbanks, Alaska, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sisters Judy Harder of Virginia, Susan Sherman of Washington, Kathleen Nims of Oregon, and Ruthie Quigley (Pete) of Las Vegas, brother Mark McCarvel of California, and sisters-in-law Eileen (Wif) Leiker of Hays, Dorothy Goetz of Victoria, and Rozanne Augustine of LaCrosse.

A Mass of Resurrection was held at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Redmond, Oregon in February. An inurnment will be later this summer in Severin, Kansas.