June 26, 1945 — November 4, 2025 (age 80)

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

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