Linda K. Venneman

Linda Kay (Carman) Venneman, age 72, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully January 12, 2020 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on November 13, 1947 in Urbana, Iowa to Charles Carman and Anna Carman. After graduating from Center Point High school, she married Gary Venneman on June 24, 1967 at Walker, Iowa. She attended Iowa State University and graduated from Iowa Central Community College after many years spent raising her family. She worked twenty years as a transcriptionist at Trinity Regional Medical Center. She loved having fun, being positive, and a good murder mystery novel. She was a kind and caring person whose talents included sewing, knitting, cooking, baking, and being a great Wife, Mother, and Grandmother.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years Gary Venneman, Humboldt, children Brent Venneman, Boone, and Monique (Kevin) Bailey, Humboldt. Grandchildren Megan Venneman, Keegun (Kara) Marsh, Natasha Marsh, and Traetin Marsh, sister Kathy (Garry) Wilhelmi and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents Charles Carman and Anna Carman, mother and father-in-law Joseph and Leona Venneman, brother-in-law Francis Venneman, sister-in-law Twila Wiley, and nephews Lincoln and Douglas Wiley, and BJ Taylor.

Visitation will be at Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt Wednesday, January 15th at 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 16th at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Humboldt.