09/30/2026
Linda Lou Hunsaker, 85, of Mount Pleasant, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, at the Woodland Heights Care Center surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Hunsaker was born on April 8, 1941, at the Burlington Hospital, the daughter of Victor Russell and Ida Charlotte (Kuenzler) Swanson. She was a graduate of Denmark Academy. Linda was united in marriage to Clyde “Neil” Hunsaker on May 22, 1959, in Denmark. He preceded her in death on November 18, 2021.
She worked several years in the fall with her best friend Garnet McChesney at Cargill Seed. After leaving Cargill Seed, she worked at Goodyear in Mt, Pleasant, Motorola from where she retired. For several years she counted ballets for the Access Energy Annual Meeting. For several years after retiring, she was a full-time caregiver to her husband and could be found bringing her “famous” tea rings at the holidays to every doctor’s office they visited.
She looked forward to Old Threshers every year that started in the late 1960’s with car parking and camper parking. It grew to spending the summer months baking for family and Old Threshers friends that became family. The week of Old Threshers was the highlight of the year hosting a potluck for those that camped as well as Saturday lunch. She loved to greet all the cars that parked and hearing their story about coming to Old Threshers, sometimes ending the conversation by offering them something to eat or a warm cup of coffee or a chair to sit and rest in. In her free time, she enjoyed looking at recipes, baking, going to garage sales, going to her many coffee clubs, The Motorola Group, volunteering at the VFW Veteran Breakfast, Wednesday Morning Donut Days at Woodland Heights (the former Arbor Court) with the residents, Fellowship Cup Dinners, spending time with his friends and family and watching her grandkids and great grandkids. She was a member of Lincoln Street Fellowship of Mt. Pleasant.
Linda is survived by her two sons, Cliff Hunsaker of Mt. Pleasant, and Will (Joyce) Hunsaker of Ottumwa, her grandchildren, Travis (Heather) Hunsaker of Bloomfield, and Jodi (Arthur) Campbell of Mount Pleasant, her great grandchildren, Kyle and Kara Campbell, Wesley and Mya Hunsaker and her sister, Victoria Beach of Denmark.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one daughter-in-law, Stacy Hunsaker and one granddaughter, Lynelle Hunsaker.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2026, at the Lincoln Street Fellowship in Mount Pleasant, with Pastor Will Hunsaker officiating, with a luncheon following the service. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Friday at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant where the family will be present from 5-7 p.m. that evening. Memorials may be directed to Donut Day at Woodland Heights, (the former Arbor Court) or to the Lincoln Street Fellowship Building Fund in her memory.
The Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant is honored to serve the family with love, comfort and dignity as we celebrate the life of Linda.
