Linda Jane Love passed away suddenly May 7, 2025.
Linda was born November 23, 1955 to Ivo and Gladys Love. She grew up on the family farm spending most of her time outside playing with her dog and the farm animals. She became very independent after losing her mother when she was only 7 years old. When she was older she helped her dad with the farming, usually driving the grain truck.
In high school she got a part time job at a grocery store in town which would become her lifelong career.
In 1990 she went to work for Scott Mitchell at First Street Foods which later became Market Street Vulcan. Linda loved the grocery business and was considered a mentor to everyone she worked with.
Linda also loved spring and summer because that meant two things… gardening and camping. She bought a beautiful motorhome so that we could camp almost every weekend when we weren’t out in the flower beds puttering.
Linda also loved her other home away from home, Kapulanikai in Maui Hawaii.
Maui was her happy place, where she loved to just relax in the back yard.
Linda was predeceased by her parents Ivo and Gladys and her brother Allen.
She is survived by her niece Cathy, who lived on the family farm with her. Her niece Debby Dempster and great niece Pheonix Dempster(Eric) of Nanton. Nephew Carl(Deanna) of High River. Special friends Linda Bexte and Faith Hartung, Lisa, Steven and Thomas, Leigh and Amanda Hansen and Family and Corrine and Terry Moran, and Diane Krystalowich, all of Vulcan. Also her brother Ralph and sister Faye.
A celebration of life for Linda will be held at a later date.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home.
Cathy & family, friends & colleagues. I’m so sorry to hear this sad news. We will all miss Linda dearly. She was a big part of the community & she shared her kindness & smiles with everyone. Take care, my heart goes out to you.
Dear Cathy, Debbie, and Phoenix;
My heart goes out to you as you grieve the loss of a wonderful woman. Linda was one of a kind; so cheerful, witty, assertive, and hardworking. Above all, she loved the three of you so deeply!
I will miss my visits with her at the grocery store. She always had news of my little friend, Phoenix, and how she was doing. She was so good to my mom, June, who was a Vulcan resident for years!
Know that my prayers and thoughts are with you. Linda lived her 7 decades of life fully! Gone, but never forgotten!
Blessings,
Brenda Schlaht
Today …. upon learning of Linda’s passing we r SO saddened. Our sincere condolences to her family/friends/colleagues/etc
She was so kind to Kylie (recognizing her special needs) when kylie worked at the store & thereafter.
And not …. ever , did she pass us by without a smile and hello !!!! She will be missed and remembered by soooo many . She represented herself /the store and the town – a really special person ! I wish I had of told her how special she was to us – basically strangers . May she RIP … the lovely Linda .
Kindness / true of heart is forever remembered .
Sincerely Shelley & Kylie Davies
Cathy and Family, Words are never enough when you lose someone so close so unexpectedly. I was shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Linda’s passing. My heart breaks for you during this difficult time. Linda had a heart of gold and I was blessed to be a part of her life and your Grandfather’s. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
My condolences to Ralph. I never really knew Linda but she always had time to say hello at the store. Ralph and I went to school together and we still stop to chat when we see each other on the street. Sorry for your loss Ralph.
My heart is broken to hear of the sudden passing of Linda. My thoughts and prayers to Linda’s family and friends. A great loss of a beautiful soul. I had the honour of working with her. She always made time to greet and chat. She was a wonderful person and she was a great friend. She will always hold a special place in my heart and she will be greatly missed. She touched many lives and for that we all can be so grateful that she was in our lives. She will always be on our minds and forever in our hearts.
So very sad to hear of Linda’s passing. We spent a number of years trading ideas in our respective stores.
Linda and Cathy spent a great evening with Wendy and I at Lumieux restaurant in Vancouver , with my whole family for our 30th wedding anniversary. Linda was so pleased to have been included in that.
Such a nice person, she will be missed.
Cathy I am so sorry on Linda’s passing, we went to school together and as we are pretty much the same age it has really hit home. My condolences to you and your family.
We were saddened to hear of Linda’s sudden passing. We enjoyed our visits with her in
Market Street or around Vulcan. Bob and Linda enjoyed reminiscing about events and people that they both knew. We will miss her smiling face and pleasant personality. The store will not be the same without her. Our most sincere sympathy to Cathy and the family.
So sorry to hear about Linda’s passing. She was truly like a sister to me when we lived across the highway. So many good memories.
Linda will be missed by all of us at Wild Rose She was great to work with and a big help in anything we needed our condolences to her Family Market Street won’t be the same with not seeing Linda Fred Judy Wurz Wild Rose
I am deeply shocked and saddened to hear of Linda’s passing. She was such a caring person and will be missing by all who knew her. I looked forward to visiting with her whenever I was at the grocery store or when our paths crossed elsewhere. Her love of her family, her community, and her work was always shown in her actions and her words. My heartfelt sympathy to Linda’s family and close friends
My condolences to Linda’s family. I was a customer of the store and she was my client for massage. Our conversations were always dear and positive. Oh I am in shock. She will be missed. A dear friend she was.
Karen Mercier
Cathy,
We were deeply saddened to hear this news. Mike says that Linda was the one constant through his entire career at Old Dutch. He will miss her.
Mike and Louise Zieffle
Old Dutch Foods
Linda will be dearly missed She was so kind and always wiling to chat when you dropped by the store .We have lost a community leader. Our condolences to her family and friends
We were shocked and incredibly saddened by the news of Linda’s passing! For a number of years we were next door neighbours to the Love farm and over the many years she worked in Mitchell’s we have become good friends. Linda was a kind, sweet, hard working woman who was a mainstay in the grocery store and a favourite with all who met her. She will be very much missed by so many! My sympathy goes out to Cathy and to all the family at this very sad time! Marvin Maronda of Lomond
Cathy I am so sorry to hear this! Please keep in touch ! Our condolences to Debbie as well ! Dale and Penny Silbernagel
Cathy and family
I’m so sorry and shocked to hear of Linda’s passing. Such a sweetie and a great sense of humour.
We both left our hearts in Maui. I’m sure you’ll miss her greatly. She was such a pleasure to work with.
Once again, my sincerest condolences.
Ron Deitz
Please accept my deepest condolences for the loss of Linda.
She was a wonderful person and I always looked forward to seeing her when I came to the store.
She will be greatly missed.
Sharon Gower