Linda Allison Davis

1947 - 2025

Linda Allison Davis

October 14, 1947 - April 12, 2025

Yelm, Washington - In loving memory and with hearts full of sorrow and gratitude, we mark the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and matriarch, Linda Allison Davis, who departed this life on April 12th, 2025, at the age of 77. She was the last of her siblings, the final voice of her generation in the Arlint family. With her passing, a chapter quietly closes, even as the story continues through the many lives she helped shape. That era may have ended, but the legacy she left behind continues to shine with strength and love.

Born on October 14, 1947, Linda lived a life woven through with devotion, humor, and unshakable love. Though she gave birth to five children, she mothered eight, raising them with courage, tenderness, and unwavering dedication over the course of five decades. She bore both joy and sorrow with quiet strength, losing her daughter Michelle in the summer of 1993, a wound that never closed but deepened her compassion for others.

Her love extended beyond her children, into a flourishing family filled with grandchildren and great-grandchildren, each of whom knew her arms as a place of welcome and her home as a sanctuary. No visitor crossed her threshold without feeling her warmth. She had a gift for hospitality with open arms, open heart, and a place at the table no matter who you were.

She was a woman of devotion and quiet faith. A warm-hearted Christian with a deep reverence for the struggles and resilience of the Jewish people, she held faith not as doctrine, but as light, something to live by, to glory in, and to give generously from. She found joy in small rituals and quiet moments, in British dramas that echoed the layered humanity of the stories she cherished in Dickens and Austen.

She had a spirited tongue that held its flare even in her final days. She loved to make people laugh, sometimes when they least expected it, sometimes when they needed it most. Even as she endured the slow ache of COPD, she met her decline with bravery and grace, never allowing illness to steal her spirit. In her final chapter, she was cared for with tireless love by her husband, Ron, who stepped into the sacred role of caretaker with quiet dignity.

Surrounded by her children and loved ones, she passed gently, with her family at her side, easing her into the great beyond with the same love she had given them all their lives. Once she chose hospice care in her home, it was the devotion of her family that carried her through those final days. We take comfort in knowing she is now at peace in heaven, reunited with her beloved daughter Michelle, her mother Jesse, her father Leonard, her siblings, and the many family members who went before her, together again in the eternal home she longed for, embraced by the love that never left her.

She is survived by her husband, her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a family whose bond was forged in her laughter, her stories, and her selfless acts of love. She is, and will always be, loved beyond measure.

Her story does not end here; it lives on in every heart she's touched. She taught us what it means to give without limit, to love without condition, and to live with warmth, wit, and quiet strength.

Forever in our hearts.

Always our home.

All are welcome to attend the memorial on June 7th at the Yelm Prairie Christian Center.

501 103rd Ave NE.

Yelm, WA 98597.

Time: 1:00 p.m.