Linda Rae Simpson

Experiencing love and life with your soulmate has been the greatest of adventures, more than one can ever imagine. Our family lost our dear, sweet, wonderful Linda, wife, mother, and grandmother to cancer on November 18, 2025, in Bountiful, Utah.

I remember seeing her and her friend walking down that street in front of South Davis Junior High - I was transfixed to say the least - so I asked my brother Kenny to fix us up, he did, and we've been married for 59 years. Linda was with me when I was in the Army at Ft. Bragg, talked me into becoming a police officer, helped me learn drug and arrythmias to get though paramedic school and guided me though out my life. I had the honor of caring for her the last four months every day and every night, I wouldn't trade that for anything. I love her and will miss her every day for the rest of my life...

Linda was born March 28, 1948, in Modesto California to Melivn and Norma Winn. The family later moved to Woods Cross, Utah where Norma worked as a waitress at Pappas Steakhouse and Mel worked as an engineer installing pumps and water systems. Linda was very outgoing, sociable and made friends easily; while attending South Davis Junior High she made friends that would last a lifetime, and she also met the love of her life K.D Simpson. She graduated from Viewmont High School, got her first job as a car hop at the Frost Top in Bountiful, she was so excited to be able to meet people, stay out late at night, make money, and get a ride home after work in KD’s 1962 red Ford Galaxy 500.

Linda and KD were married December 18, 1966, in Bountiful. A few weeks afterwards she joined KD who was in the US Army at Ft. Bragg North Carolina. They had a chance to do a lot of traveling along the east coast, visiting Washington DC, staying with friends in New Burn, spending time together, setting the stage for the next 59 years of true love and devotion.

Returning to Utah, Linda went to work as a cashier for Alberson’s in Bountiful. She was so excited about the people she met; she loved helping people and would go to the ends of the earth to make someone happy and feel good about themselves. She retired after twenty years, making more friends than one could imagine. We could hardly go anywhere without meeting someone who knew Linda from her time at Albertsons. Linda had a way with people, she was sweet, kind and gentle, she could light up a room with her smile, she had that rare gift that made people feel loved, seen and understood. She carried these gifts throughout her life.

Linda and KD were blessed with two sons, Sean and Ryan, who were the light of her life. She loved her family, and one of her greatest pleasures was taking the kids to Flaming Gorge fishing, hiking and spending nights in our trailer telling stories, being together. Her favorite time of year was Christmas because she loved seeing smiles on the kids’ faces, watching the joy they got out of the season, how excited they were putting up the tree, the lights and of course the gifts. She took so much pleasure in watching the kids grow, they meant the world to her, and she loved them dearly.

She worked many jobs, she loved people and enjoyed working with others she was a realtor, she worked at Home Depot in the Garden shop, then she started her own home-based business, Woodhaven Creations making crafts for local boutiques, Quilted Bear, friends and special events such as Swiss Days. You could find Linda and her friends on any given day in her wood shop in the back yard. She earned a certificate as a Master Gardner and spent countless hours in the yard planting flowers, trees and tending her three gardens.

Linda loved cooking, using her mother’s recipes, many learned from Kitty Pappas, she would always include the family in fixing meals, treats or something special. One of her favorite things to do was making Salsa, which was a family event, from gathering the ingredients from fields in Layton to all day marathon cooking and bottling sessions in the kitchen, without a doubt: best Salsa ever!

She was creative, with a vivid imagination, she would spend hours creating new designs, talking them over with her friends and spending hours in her wood shop getting the final design just right. She was generous and compassionate, not hesitating to stop what she was doing and create something special and unique when asked. She was an artist, painting in watercolors, she loved to do pottery and making jewelry.

There was not a critter in the world she didn’t love; raccoons, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, all kinds of birds, if she could bring it home, she did. When she wanted a pond, which turned into three ponds, it took her weeks to pick out just the right fish, she would spend days at a country store picking out her chicks and then keeping them warm in containers in KD’s office until they were ready to join the flock. She learned to revive birds that ran into the patio windows, felt terrible if they didn’t fly again, fed baby birds that fell out their nest with an eye dropper and slept with her dogs when they were sick. She loved animals, had great compassion and an intense sense of responsibility for their care and wellbeing.

She was preceded in death by her parents and older brother Larry. Linda is survived by her husband KD, sons Sean Raymond of Bountiful, Ryan Dale and (Hiroe), grandsons Liam and Melvyn of Colorado Springs, and her brother Micheal J. and (Dawn) Winn, Victor Montana.

We appreciate and extend our heartfelt gratitude to Utah Cancer Specialists, caregivers and providers at Lakeview Hospital ICU and the third-floor nursing staff for their devotion and skills in caring for our sweet Linda. A special thank you to the ER staff at Lakeview and the unexpected but wonderful opportunity for Linda to see and pet the service dog that came to visit her, I will never forget the smile on her face that night.

Linda didn’t like funerals, she asked that her ashes be taken to her brother’s ranch in Victor Montana, a place she loved to visit, spend time in the woods and enjoy the solitude.

In the near future a Celebration of Life will be held with family and friends to remember and honor the love of my life, my soul mate.

In place of flowers, donations to the Utah Humane Society in honor of her love of animals would be appreciated.