Linette M. Stilwell

November 12, 2021

Linette M. Stilwell

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Linette Marie Stilwell was born in Des Moines, IA on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1963 to Dale and Wilda (Jones) Stilwell. She attended Moore Elementary, Meredith Middle School, and was a proud 1982 graduate of Hoover High School. She continued her education earning a BA in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa. She began her teaching career in Houston, TX and continued her career with over 20 years of teaching for Des Moines Public Schools.

She had a lifelong love of animals and traveling. As a child, she loved the family vacations taken around the United States, especially if there were animals to see and feed. She loved all animals, with the exception of bats.

As a teacher, she took pride in her abilities to communicate with her students, in particular those whose first language was not English. She was proud of all her students’ success and kept in touch with many of them long after they were in her classroom.

She enjoyed being with her friends and family sharing a meal, playing cards, board games and traveling. She was an avid reader and had a large library with many genres of books. She had an affinity to fantasy and read the Harry Potter series many times over.

She will most significantly be remembered for her kind heart and her willingness to help anyone whom she felt was struggling.

She was greeted on the other side on the evening of Friday, November 12, 2021 by her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and several fur babies. She will be greatly missed by her fur babies, Pookie, Boomer and Kitty; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Katie Stilwell and Dan and Jill Stilwell; nieces and nephew-in-law, Holly and Romeo Denghel, and Marie Stilwell, bonus nephew and niece, Radu and Claudia Denghel; and many extended family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Animal Rescue League.

There will be a Celebration of Life for Linette at Christopher’s Restaurant, 2816 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310 Saturday, November 20th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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