On March 27, 2020, with her four children standing by her side, Linda Butterfield went to Heaven after an illness at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was 72 years old.
Linda Ethel (Brooks) Butterfield was born June 26, 1947 in Seminole, Ok to Rev. E.J. Brooks and Ruby Lenora Brooks.
Linda graduated from Wyandotte High School. At the age of 17, she married the love of her life, Terry Lynn Butterfield, on February 26, 1965.The union of this marriage produced four children, Jason Leonard, Wayne Ervin, Penny Lynn, and Adam Wade.
Linda worked at Glenberry’s in Commerce as a seamstress. She also managed Butterfield’s General Store where she fed nearly all of the kids at WyandotteJunior/Senior High School. She was also an active member of the Wayside Assembly of God church in Wyandotte.
She leaves behind her children, Jason Butterfield and wife Melinda of Bartlesville, Wayne Butterfield and wife Kami of Baxter Springs, Penny Butterfield of Wyandotte, and Adam Butterfield and wife Mary of Ramona. She also leaves behind her younger sister Lenora Burleson and husband Danny. She was the grandmother to 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Linda also leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews, and very close friends.
She is proceeded in death by her husband Terry, her parents, a brother, Lloyd Brooks, and a sister-in-law, Vera Faye Brooks.
Memorial Services will be held at a later time. Arrangements under the Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home, Seneca, Mo