Linda Hutchings Allen
Linda Hutchings Allen, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend returned to her Heavenly Father on February 9, 2023, after a short and tough battle with pancreatic cancer. Linda was born on May 25, 1957, to John Alan and Carol Limb Hutchings in Beaver, Utah. She was raised in Beaver where she attended school, worked on her family farm, and worked at the sawmill with her father. After graduating from Beaver High School in 1975, she attended college at Weber State University. She went on to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She loved the gospel and it brought her a lot of joy. Linda loved and accepted everyone she came in contact with.
Linda began her career with the Forest Service as a Firefighter where she met the love of her life Donald Ray Allen. They were married on November 22, 1985, and were sealed in the Jordan River Temple on November 21, 1986. One of the things Linda wanted most in life was to be a mother. She had three sons, Travis, Trent, and Trevor. Her children and grandchildren were her greatest joy in life.
Linda and Don raised their family in Magna, Utah, where she became a massage therapist. She later worked at Cyprus Credit Union before retiring with the U.S. Postal Service at their Remote Encoding Center. She also held many callings within the Church that she loved in the relief society and primary, and touched countless lives while serving in those callings.
Linda is survived by her husband Don, and three sons Travis (Amanda), Trent (Morgan Sites), and Trevor (Jamie) Allen. Six grandchildren Kaylee, Oakley, Audrey, Parker, Elsie, and Emilee. Her siblings Barbara (Steven) Lund, Joan (Michael) Karr, Gordon (TiNea) Hutchings, Carolyn (Vance) McKeachnie, Janet (Jason) Back, Jenalee (Todd) Reid, and Michael (Shelly Penovich) Hutchings. She was preceded in death by her parents John Alan and Carol Hutchings.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 17, 2023, at 11:00 am at the Magna Utah East Stake Center (7960 W. Dalesend Dr (2895 S.), Magna Utah). Visitations will be held Thursday, February 16, 2023, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Friday, February 17, 2023, from 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will follow at Memorial Redwood Cemetery (6500 S. Redwood Road Salt Lake City, Utah 84123).
Those wishing to send flowers can do so by sending them to Kramer Family Funeral Home: 2500 S. Decker Lake Blvd, Suite #1, West Valley City, UT 84119.