Linda Lou “Granny” Leister, 71, Amsterdam, Missouri, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, Missouri on Friday, August 2, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with interment to follow at West Point Cemetery in Amsterdam, Missouri. A visitation will be held at the Atkinson Funeral Home, for family to receive prayers and condolences, on Thursday, August 1, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association, American Heart Association or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Linda was born in Butler Missouri on January 29, 1942. She graduated from Miami High School and was a stay at home mom until 1974 when she went to work for Bass Buster Lures in Amsterdam, Missouri and worked there for 18 years.
Granny enjoyed reading, cooking, going to football, volleyball, and basketball games that her grandchildren were very active in. She was always at the Bates County Fair where her grandchildren showed steers, hogs and sheep. On Monday and Tuesday evenings, you had to call her before “Dancing with the Stars” as she watched it religiously. She also enjoyed watching Pittsburgh Steelers football, tennis, and NASCAR. She loved her little dog, Kirby and her 2 kitty cats.
Linda was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Mike, her father, Virgil McGuire, her mother, Wilma Rose and 2 infant sons. She is survived by a daughter, Jackie Silvia (Gary) of Williamsburg, Virginia; three sons, Jeff Leister (Beth), John Leister (Sandi), and Jim Leister, all of Amsterdam Missouri; two brothers, Mike McGuire (Cheree) of Atlanta, Georgia and Bill McGuire (Julie) of Belton, Missouri. Granny is also survived by and lovingly remembered by her grandchildren, Kasey Silvia, Jeremy and Jordan Leister, Tabitha and Samantha Leister, and Erika, Blake, and Somer Leister, as well as her 2 great-granddaughters, Kenzee and Kamee Snider.
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