Linda Carel Farster, 66, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Sept. 2, 2009, at Ontario.
There will be a private memorial service at Burns where she will be buried next to her parents in the Burns Cemetery.
Linda was born on Oct. 20, 1942, to Grace and Burdette Farster of Burns. She resided at Baker City for many years where she lived and worked in the Step Forward program.
She recently retired and moved to Ontario. Linda enjoyed fishing and camping as a child, and later she liked shopping and taking trips to the Oregon Coast. She especially loved going to a family cabin at Richland.
The family expressed appreciation to all of her caregivers in Baker City, especially Tina, Penny and Dee, “for their devoted care.” “Linda loved them very much,” her family members said.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Kathy Farster of Marysville, Calif.; her aunt and uncle, Mary and Bruce Farster of Hines; nieces, Robin Ward, and her husband, Dan, and Katherine Cleaver and her husband, Sean, of Woodland, Calif.; great-nieces, Allison and Kristen Ward and Grace Cleaver; and great-nephew, Gannon Cleaver of Woodland; and cousins, Dan Farster of Algonquin, Ill., and Pam Farster of Carpenter, Wyo.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Step Forward Activities Inc., 3720 10th St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon September 23, 2009
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
