Linda Ann Johnston

1945 - 2025

Linda Ann Johnston was born on June 26, 1945, in Ogden, Utah, to Dorothy Grace Kimber and Alfred Roy Covieo. She was the oldest of six children. When she was three years old, her father built a home for the family where she spent the rest of her childhood.

Though they had little in material possessions, their home was full of music. Linda loved to dance in the living room and on the porch with her siblings as her mother played the piano. Her father, an excellent dancer, taught her to dance. She also found peace with singing along to the old tunes her mother played on the piano.

Linda grew up loving music, art, cooking, and sewing. She also loved the outdoors and the mountains near her home, where she spent many happy hours exploring and climbing. From her father she learned the importance of being strong and determined - a quality she carried throughout her life. As an adult she taught aerobics, walked briskly wherever she went, and remained active and fit up until her final week of life.

At age nineteen, while working at the hospital drugstore in Ogden, Linda met her future husband, Don Johnston. Of their meeting she later said, "I know we were brought together to help and love each other along our path in life." The two married and they moved to Logan Utah to begin their lives together while Don attended Utah State University. Don later built their home in Tremonton, Utah, where together they raised five children and lived until the last eight months of Linda's life.

The lessons Linda learned as a young girl-to work hard, create beauty, and serve others-defined the way she built her home and family. She was a devoted wife and mother, a gifted homemaker, and a quiet example of love in action. She sewed matching clothes for her children, crafted dolls and costumes, painted beautiful oil and watercolor pieces, and decorated her home with her own handmade touches. She loved cooking for her family, sharing fresh bread with neighbors, and helping at every church or community event that involved preparing food.

At forty-two, Linda attended cosmetology school and opened her own salon, built by Don. For decades she also lovingly cut the hair of her children, grandchildren, and her mother.

Linda's faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ was the center of her life. She served faithfully in many callings, including Relief Society President, Young Women's President, and as a temple worker with her husband. She found peace in studying the scriptures, joy in singing the hymns, and strength in trusting in Heavenly Father's love for her.

Serving and caring for others was truly her life's work, and touched many, many lives.

Linda passed away peacefully on November 4, 2025, lovingly surrounded by her children.

She is survived by her children: Paul Donald (Kathie) Johnston, Julie Ann Johnston, Benjamin Wynn (Melissa) Johnston, Amy Joanne Johnston, and Gina Marie (Jeremy) Knudsen; seventeen grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald Joseph Johnston; her parents, Alfred Roy and Dorothy Grace Covieo; and her sister, Lana Poll.

Funeral services will be held Friday, November 14, 2025, at 11 A.M. with a viewing held prior from 9-10:30 A.M. All services will be held at the Tremonton Stake Center (660 N 300 E- Tremonton). Interment to follow in the Riverview Cemetery. Online condolences and the link to the livestream of the service can be found at www.ruddfuneralhome.com.

The family wishes to extend heartfelt thanks to Chris and the staff at Birch Creek Assisted Living and Chelsea and Bekah at Aegis Home Health & Hospice in Smithfield, Utah, for the loving care they provided during the last nine months of Linda's life."