Linda Rose Dowd 75, of Chaffee, Missouri passed away at the family home in Chaffee, Missouri, on Saturday, July 25, 2015. She was born on September 1, 1939 in Chaffee, Missouri to the late Lynn Vanus and Armella Rose Hahn Jones. Linda married S.R. (Ray) Dowd on October 29, 1960 and he survives. She worked as a secretary at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee for 26 years. She then worked as a receptionist at Venture Products at Oran. She then worked 10 years as the Editor of the North Scott County Signal. Linda was secretary of the Chaffee Alumni Association, President of the Chaffee Historical Society and a member of the Ladies Aux of U.T.U. She was also a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and the Daughters of St. Ambrose. Survivors include her husband Ray, of the home; one son Ed (Dawn) Dowd of Charleston, South Carolina; two grandchildren, Lexi and Austin Dowd both of Charleston, South Carolina; one sister, Brenda (Ray) Bryant of Hannibal, Missouri; four half-brothers, Joe (Janice) Jones of Jasper, Indiana, Gary (Ruth) Jones of Barnhart, Missouri, Mitchell (Meridith) Jones of Arnold, Missouri, Darrell Jones of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; two half-sisters, Betty Jones of Shingle Springs, California, Martha (Danny) Bowers of Jackson, Missouri. Linda was also preceded in death by one brother, Joe Henley; one sister, Debra Henley; one half-sister, Shirley Cook and one half-brother, Terry Jones. Friends may call from 4 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Parish prayers will be held at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chafffee, Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Randy Tochtrop and Rev. Allan Saunders as concelebrants. Committal services will follow the funeral mass at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Missouri. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Ambrose Catholic School in Chaffee; Chaffee Alumni Association or the Chaffee Historical Society.