Linda Mae Trainor, 52, of Iola died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at her home.
She was born Oct. 8, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Daniel and Yvonne (Cook) Kelly. She grew up in New Jersey.
On July 20, 1974, she married Michael Trainor at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon, Pa. They made their home in New Jersey and Florida before moving to Iola in 1986.
In 1991, she graduated from Neosho County Community College School of Nursing. She worked as a registered nurse in area nursing homes until her health failed.
She enjoyed bingo and her cat, Lucy Belle.
She is survived by her husband of the home; four children, Darla Ulrich and her husband, Brian, Iola, Wendy Tucci and her husband, Christopher, Glassboro, N.J., Michael Jr. and his wife, Mandy Connolly, and Angela Trainor and husband, Roger Pruitt, both of Iola; her mother, Yvonne Kelly, Williamstown, N.J.; two brothers, Daniel “Bean” Kelly and Michael Kelly, both of Mays Landing, N.J.; two sisters, Cheryl Ricco, Williamstown, N.J., and Beth Dalton, Minotola, N.J.; six grandchildren, Whitney and Zachary Ulrich and Michael, Alex, Ashley and Alisha Trainor; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Her father, a sister, Donna, and a nephew, Robert “Bobby” Roeder, died earlier.
Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
Cremation will follow.
Memorials to Linda Trainor Memorial Fund may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.
Linda Trainor
