On January 28, 2023, Linda Rae Woodruff Spallino entered the gates of heaven to join her husband and our Lord.

Linda was born December 17, 1939 to Marvin and Adah Woodruff in Redding, California.

While in high school, Linda and her family moved to Moonstone beach into a house her dad built. Linda attended Arcata High School, then Humboldt State where she eventually met and married her husband, Jim.

After college she began her teaching career. She was a teacher for a short time before she started her family. She raised two children but helped raise many. She was fondly known as “Nonni” or just “Nana”.

Linda was a proud parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Arcata. She loved helping at chicken and polenta dinner, cooking dinners for the homeless, making dinners for clergymen, and so many other church functions. She always loved serving her community and our Lord.

Linda was preceded in death by her sister Diane, father Marvin, mother Adah, niece Susan, and husband Jim.

She is survived by her children Kathy (Scott) Hicks, and Chris (Nancy) Spallino; grandchildren Nicole Morgenstern, Ashley Whipple, Miranda Taylor, Kristen Hicks, Marissa Spallino, Anthony Spallino, Jackson Hicks, and Joshua Hicks; and several nieces, nephews, and great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers or monetary donations, our family would like you to love and cherish one another and remember you are perfectly loved.

A viewing and rosary will be held on Friday February 10, 2023 at 5 p.m. at Sanders Funeral Home in Eureka. A funeral will be held on February 11, 2023 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Arcata with a small reception to follow.

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