Linda Carolyn DaRonch Jenkins' Obituary
Born Linda Carolyn DaRonch on January 16, 1944, in Murray, Utah to Frank and Carolina Laveder DaRonch. She Graduated from Murray High School in 1962. She attended the University of Utah followed by the University of Maryland global campus graduating with a B.A. in 1972. She met her husband, James Lewis Jenkins, in 1962 and they were married in 1963.
Linda began teaching in 1974, while beginning work on her master’s in social work which she earned from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1977. She joined the United States Air Force in 1978 retiring in 1998 as a Lt. Colonel.
After moving around the world with the USAF, Linda and Jim spent many years together in Panama City, Florida. Linda enjoyed boating, gardening, and needle work. She loved the mountains as well, hiking and skiing with Jim on their frequent trips to Utah.
Linda died on May 16th in Ogden, Utah. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, her brothers Frank and Pete DaRonch, and sister Rita Howells. Linda is survived by her son Brad, daughter-in-law Claudia and grandchild Katherine.
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