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2024

Linda Leistikow Obituary

ORAN - Linda K. Leistikow, 72, of Oran, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at the Tripoli Nursing and Rehab Center, Tripoli.
Private family service will be at a later date. Inurnment will be at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com.
Linda Kay Leistikow was born March 3, 1951, in Sumner, to Arthur and Betty Leistikow. She graduated Wapsie Valley High School, Fairbank. After some college, she moved to Oran where she worked for Edgeton Hardware and Baileys Tap.
Linda is survived by her brothers: Wilbur Leistikow of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Paul Leistikow of Readlyn; nieces and nephews.

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Published by Oelwein Daily Register on Feb. 27, 2024.

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