Linda R. Minard

Ayr resident, Linda R. Minard, 61 passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care, Hastings, NE. Services will be Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, NE, with Mike York officiating. Private family burial at a later date. Visitation will be today, 5 PM to 9 PM and Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 9 AM to 9 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home, Hastings, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Memorials may be given to the family. Linda was born November 9, 1950 to Raymond and Myrtle (Schlensig) Hansen in Missouri Valley, IA. She lived had lived in Ayr, NE for the past 3 years and lived in Hastings for over 20 years. She was a caseworker for the State of Nebraska. She was a member of the South Street Church of Christ, in Hastings, NE. She is survived by two sons, Mike and wife Billie, and Seth all of Ayr, NE, 3 daughters, Stacey Ekstein and husband Richard of Pauline, NE, Jaime Porter of Harvard, NE and Rachel Minard of Hastings, NE, 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers, Leon Hansen of Missouri Valley, IA, and Bruce Hansen of Hastings, NE, 2 sisters, Claudia Minard and husband Ted of Hastings, NE, Christina Hansen of Winter Haven, FL. She was preceded in death by her parents.