Linda Yagoda

Linda Yagoda, 56, Duluth, MN, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth.

She was born on August 10, 1955 in Superior to Wesley and Alli (Yrjanainen) Johnson.

She graduated from Northwestern High School and received her LPN Degree from Ironwood Community College.

Linda had been employed at St. Luke’s Hospital for over thirty years.

She married Scott Yagoda on March 26, 1988 and they celebrated twenty-three years of marriage.
Linda was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Duluth and a former member of Hope Lutheran Church in Oulu, WI.

She was a loving and caring mother, wife, daughter, sister and nurse. She enjoyed going to plays, riding the motorcycle with her husband, watching her children waterski at the cabin and she was an avid reader.

In addition to her husband Scott, Linda is survived by two sons, Alexander and Nicholas Yagoda, both of Duluth; one daughter, Vanessa Yagoda, Duluth; her mother, Alli Johnson, Brule; three sisters, Kimberly (Bob) Clark, Brule, WI; Tammy (Tom) Ruska, Blaine, MN, Lisa Zunker, Augusta, WI; one brother, Mark (Pam) Johnson, Brule; seven nephews; two nieces; her godmother, Eva Wiitala; one brother-in-law, Steve (Kathe) Yagoda; a sister-in-law, Beth (Paul) Yagoda-Sever and several other family members.

She was preceded in death by her father, Wesley Johnson, her grandparents, John and Impi Yrjanainen and Oliver and Alma Johnson and a brother-in-law, Jason Zunker.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM until the 2:00 PM Memorial Service on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Hope Lutheran Church in Oulu, WI with Pastor Scott Stai, and Pastor David Tryggestad of Concordia Lutheran Church in Duluth, co-officiating.

Burial will be in the Everrest Cemetery in Waino, WI.

Lernoot-Maetzold Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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