ANTWERP, OHIO<\/p>\n
Linda Gail Piersma, 64,<\/strong> died Friday August 2, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN.<\/p>\n Linda was born July 3, 1949 in Waynesboro, TN the daughter of Eddie and Margret Howe. She graduated from Hicksville High School in 1967 and worked for Lincoln National Life for 35 years. On June 5, 1971 she was united in marriage to Phillip Piersma. She was a member of the Christian Reformed Fellowship Church in Milan Center, IN.<\/p>\n Linda is survived by her husband Phillip, a sister Lynette Bechtol of Finlay, Ohio. two nieces Jennifer (Jason) Dircksen of Payne, Ohio and Brittni (Chase) Burnett of Rawson, Ohio, great nieces, great nephews.<\/p>\n Her parents have preceded her in death.<\/p>\n The funeral service is Tuesday at 10:00 at Smith & Brown Funeral<\/p>\n Home, Hicksville. Visitation will be on Monday from 5:00-7:00. Burial will be in Maumee Cemetery, Antwerp, Ohio.<\/p>\n Online condolences may be shared at www.smithbrownfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANTWERP, OHIO Linda Gail Piersma, 64, died Friday August 2, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. Linda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[1481,1486,40,57,1487],"class_list":["post-3481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obits","tag-1481","tag-gail","tag-linda","tag-obituary","tag-piersma"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t