Linda Kay Spurgeon, 79, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, passed away at her residence on Sunday, September 28, 2025, with close family by her side.
Linda was born May 26, 1946 in Burlington, Iowa to Kathleen Moyers and was adopted by Virgil and Marjorie Hemmie. Linda graduated from Revere High School in Revere Missouri. Linda married Elton Preston Spurgeon on May 27, 1967.
Linda and Elton fostered children in the early years of marriage. They owned a racecar for many years and enjoyed going to the different dirt tracks in Iowa. Linda worked at Shellor Globe in Keokuk, Iowa and Superior Cable, Mount Pleasant, Iowa which later became Goodyear Industrial Hose Plant until her retirement. She enjoyed going to dinners and shopping with her friends, family game nights and playing games on her computer. Those that knew Linda also knew how much she loved her beloved cats.
Linda and Elton never had children of their own, but she had one relative that she thought of as her daughter, Brenda Bain, and her 3 girls that she loved has her own granddaughters – Tebble (Yancy) Stearns, Jeannie Beames and Chasity (Justin) Lange. She loved their children as her own great-grandchildren – Madison (Mak) Stearns, Dalton Stearns, Dylon Lange, Hunter (Serenity) Stearns, Trinity Fritz, Dakota Lange and Tristan Fritz.
Linda is survived by her family listed above, sister-in-law (Shirley Spurgeon), brother-in-law (Walter Spurgeon), several nieces and nephews, best friend Connie Jones, and special friend Ron Moyer.
She is proceeded in death by her husband, brother (Dale Hemmie), her parents, Brother-in-laws (Dean and Burt Spurgeon), nephew (Danny Rankin) special friend Bobbie Harrison and several of her pets.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Interment of Linda’s ashes will also occur later at the Granger Missouri Cemetery, where her final resting place will be with her beloved Elton.