July 2, 2021 at 4:22 p.m.
Linda Daily
Obituary
Linda Lou “McKinley” Daily, 85, formerly of Portland, Indiana, passed away peacefully in Walnut Creek, California, on Dec. 20, 2020, with family by her side.
She was born to the late David and Beatrice McKinley, July 15, 1935, in Portland, Indiana, the sixth of seven children. Linda attended Portland High School and was active on the cheer team and played trombone in the marching band. She went on to get her degree in home economics from Michigan State University and taught home economics at East Junior High School and Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, before marrying Michael J. Daily in 1966 and raising her family.
Linda is survived by her brother, Bill McKinley of Muncie, Indiana; her two daughters, Bridget (Daily) Coonce and her husband, Gary Coonce of Walnut Creek, California, and Kellie (Daily) Turkisher, her husband, Richard Turkisher, and children Cameron and Reese of Portland, Oregon.
Linda was preceded in death by Michael J. Daily in 2014 and her sister Ann Medler in 2003.
After moving to California where she beat her breast cancer and enjoyed being closer to her daughters and their families, she met new friends and engaged in travel and social activities like bingo, happy hours, musical sing-alongs and educational lectures.
She cherished her role of mother and grandmother and, no matter what challenges life brought her, you would always find her smiling and laughing.
A service celebrating Linda’s life will be held on July 3, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Green Park Cemetery at the intersection of Seventh Street and Blaine Pike in Portland.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
She was born to the late David and Beatrice McKinley, July 15, 1935, in Portland, Indiana, the sixth of seven children. Linda attended Portland High School and was active on the cheer team and played trombone in the marching band. She went on to get her degree in home economics from Michigan State University and taught home economics at East Junior High School and Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, before marrying Michael J. Daily in 1966 and raising her family.
Linda is survived by her brother, Bill McKinley of Muncie, Indiana; her two daughters, Bridget (Daily) Coonce and her husband, Gary Coonce of Walnut Creek, California, and Kellie (Daily) Turkisher, her husband, Richard Turkisher, and children Cameron and Reese of Portland, Oregon.
Linda was preceded in death by Michael J. Daily in 2014 and her sister Ann Medler in 2003.
After moving to California where she beat her breast cancer and enjoyed being closer to her daughters and their families, she met new friends and engaged in travel and social activities like bingo, happy hours, musical sing-alongs and educational lectures.
She cherished her role of mother and grandmother and, no matter what challenges life brought her, you would always find her smiling and laughing.
A service celebrating Linda’s life will be held on July 3, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Green Park Cemetery at the intersection of Seventh Street and Blaine Pike in Portland.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
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