Linda Sue Seifert

Linda Sue Seifert, 78, passed away on April 12, 2024 in Durham, North Carolina. Born to Orville "Jack" Laverne Leamon and June McKnight Leamon in Pomona, California on October 1, 1945, she was the older sister of Roy Everett Leamon. Linda excelled in academics at Cal High School in Whittier and received a California State University Scholarship. She met her husband, Arthur Gerald Seifert, at UCLA while pursuing a degree in English and Political Science. Art had moved from the USC area one month earlier, in January 1966, and they lived in apartments next to each other. They became engaged three months later. That Fall, Art began Law School at the University of Wisconsin and, at Art's request, Linda joined him there. Linda and Art married on June 16, 1967. Subsequently, they completed their degrees, Linda in Education and English and Art in Law.

Career opportunities moved Linda and her husband Art to Phoenix, Arizona and Northern Virginia and then to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania where they raised their three sons. Her children praise her for being a wonderful mother and grandmother who taught them to think analytically, pursue their goals with passion and effort and show empathy for others. In her late 30's, Linda pursued a PhD in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and taught Economics at Ursinus College. She then worked for 20 years as a budget analyst at the U.S. National Park Service in Philadelphia. She was enamored by National Parks and visited many throughout the years for both work and pleasure. At her retirement, Linda received an Exemplary Service Award from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. She also received gifts from her colleagues in expression of their gratitude.

Linda retired to Oak Island, North Carolina with her husband in July 2009. She stayed active during retirement by participating in the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at UNC Wilmington, volunteering at the Oak Island Senior Center and helping seniors file their taxes with the AARP Tax Program. She also enjoyed bird watching, serving on the Oak Island Town Environmental Committee, and spending lots of time with her two grandchildren. Linda was an avid reader and particularly enjoyed history books. She co-authored the book Discovering Oak Island: Camera-In-Hand with her photographer son, Kevin, in 2015. She always invited family and friends to stay at the beach house in Oak Island and had many visitors over the years.

Linda loved to travel and she arranged Skipping Christmas trips with her grown children and families to destinations around the world. These included the Bahamas, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bonaire, Turks and Caicos, Hawaii, St. Kitts, Belize, St. Lucia, Spain and Italy. She moved with her husband to Durham, North Carolina in December 2022 to be closer to family. Linda enjoyed the company of the residents at the Atria Southpoint Walk Senior Living Community.

Linda is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Arthur Gerald Seifert, her brother Roy Everett Leamon, her sons Jeffrey Douglas Seifert and wife Karen, Gregory Marshall Seifert and wife Alejandra, Kevin Blair Seifert and wife Mari-Wells Hedgpeth and her grandchildren Nicholas Bryan Seifert and Yzabella Nicole Seifert.

In remembrance, the Seifert family requests memorial gifts to the Alzheimer's Association.