Linda Susan Dittmer, 76, of Basco, died Saturday, April 18, at River Hills Nursing Home in Keokuk, Iowa.

Linda was born Sept. 16, 1949, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of Thomas and Katherine Zmud Gibbs. She attended Detroit schools, and earned an associate degree in biology from Wayne State University in Detroit. The family moved to Florida in 1973. She worked as a technician at Radiation Incorporated in Melbourne, Fla. She married Larry Dittmer of Carthage, on Dec. 12, 1975, in Melbourne. They moved to Basco in 1997. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in December.

The couple enjoyed traveling, scuba diving and spending time with their girls in Colorado and Texas. Linda was proud to have earned her small airplane pilot license and was a member of the 99's Club of Women Pilots in Florida. Linda was a long time member of the Basco Walkers. She loved working at the log cabin at Western Illinois Threshers and helped with school field trips and tours during the annual show. She enjoyed swimming at the YMCA and was a gifted piano player.

Linda is survived by her husband, Larry; two daughters, Gretchen of San Antonio, Texas, and Rebecca of Lakewood, Colo.; one granddaughter, Cameron; a cousin Tommy (Treva) Gibbs of Harrisburg, IL; and her brothers- and sisters-in-law, Alice Sundberg, Elaine and Bob Smith, Joy Swearingen, and Dan and Becky Dittmer.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers-in-law, Ken Sundberg, and Walt Swearingen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., on Friday, April 24, at Printy Funeral Home in Carthage. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. before the service. Burial will follow at Moss Ridge Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to Hancock County Fights Cancer, Hoerner YMCA or Concordia Lutheran Church of Warsaw.