Linda Jean (Turnbull) Humphrey
6 November 1940 – 1 January 2025
Linda Jean Humphrey, 84 died at CornerStone Senior Living in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday, January 1st at 6:03pm.
She was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Theodore and Ella Turnbull. She had one sister, Joyce Chritton. She lived in Nebraska until graduating from Mitchell High School in 1957. She graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelors degree in Art History and Education and taught Art and English as an educator for many years.
She married Charles Arthur Humphrey in Billings, Montana March 10th 1963. She gifted her time volunteering in many organizations. She was a member of PEO for fifty years in Corvallis, Oregon. Her passion was oil painting and she participated in Vistas and Vineyards for over twenty years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Humphrey and sister, Joyce Chritton Krieger. She is survived by a daughter Anne Renaud (Anthony) of Kuna Idaho, a son Adam Humphrey (Michelle) of San Jose California, and four grandchildren: Nathaniel Campbell of Oakland California, Morgan Campbell of Bend Oregon, Reese Renaud of Kuna Idaho, and Alexander Humphrey of San Jose, California.
Her love of painting guided her life and she was active in the artistic community she helped foster wherever she was.
Memorials may be made to a charity in her name.
Born in Nebraska,
Linda oil painted her life,
Legacy in art.