OBITUARY

Linda T. Kelley

Linda Trease Kelley, 62, passed away at Kootenai Hospital in Coeur D' Alene Wednesday, April 7, 2021. She was the wife of Bob Norris, they shared 46 years of partnership together.

She was born in Sandpoint to Floyd Kelley and Patricia Nick. She attended Sandpoint schools and got her GED from Walla Walla Community College.

Although she loved spending time with family and friends in the mountains, her passion was to be working on the river for the United States Geological Survey. She will be remembered for her amazing smile and being a mom to anyone who came around her.

Linda was predeased by her dad, Floyd Kelley; stepdad, Jim Nick; and sister, Kathleen Sunbird.

She is survived by her spouse, Bob Norris of Pomeroy Wash; her sons Cecil (Carlena Schluneger) Norris of Hooper, Wash, and Coy Norris of Pomeroy Wash.; daughter, Carolyn (Lee) Taylor of Pomeroy Wash; grandchildren, Lane Norris of Saratoga, Wyo., JJ Killgore of Livingston, Mont., and Cole Thornton-Schluneger of Hooper Wash; siblings, Cristi Osborne of Kennewick Wash., Patricia (Gerald) Spay, Buck (Deborah) Willford, Ken Willford, Wanda (Jim) Waggoner and Cindy (Jeff) Hatcher, all of Sandpoint Idaho; and many nieces and nephews.

The celebration of life will be held in Hooper WA on May 22, 2021 at 10 a.m. Memorial donations may be made out to the American Kidney Disease Foundation, kidneyfund.org. Flowers can be ordered at Flowers Decor & More in Colfax for the celebration of life.