It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Linda K. Conger, a beloved mother, sister, and friend, who left this world far too soon on October 25, 2024, at the age of 59. Born on May 20, 1965, in Cleveland, OH, Linda brought joy and light to everyone she encountered throughout her remarkable life. Linda was not only a devoted mother to her four sons—Thomas, Timothy, Christopher, and Matthew—but also a cherished sister to her seven remaining sisters: Karen, Elizabeth, Ruth, Carrie, Patricia, Christine, and Bernadette. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Conger, who bravely fought cancer, and her parents, Clarence and Patricia Thome. Linda's love for her family knew no bounds, and her spirit will forever live on through them. Linda married on October 7th, 1982, to Thomas P. Conger and they were married for almost 19 years, but her husband died of cancer at the age of 39, on September 13th, 2001, before they had the chance to get there. Tragically, Linda's life was cut short when she was killed by a car while riding her bicycle on the sidewalk. In this time of grief, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the kind stranger who was first on the scene, holding Linda's hand and shielding her from view until help arrived. In her professional life, Linda was a proud and self-employed house cleaner, known in the community for her exceptional work ethic and commitment to providing a clean, welcoming environment for her clients. She built her business primarily through word of mouth, a testament to her reputation for excellence and kindness. Linda loved to read, especially Stephen King novels. Once she had a tablet and a connection to the Internet, though, her abilities to read at a highly fast pace were unleashed. She had an agenda to read the entire internet, and sometimes, it felt like she was very close to achieving this. She always had something to add to any conversation, no matter the topic, and you could almost guarantee a smile of optimism on her face. Nothing going on in the world made her feel worried and scared. She loved to ride her bicycle on perfect weather days, especially to work. Linda always reassured us how much she missed riding her bicycle when she couldn't. She loved the ease of providing her transportation with her own two legs, and although only 59 years old on her last trip, she never showed signs of her physical capabilities diminishing any time soon. She loved to plant a garden in the backyard and was always excited about her strawberries blooming. There would always be a reason to use her tomatoes in every meal and on every sandwich. Linda was a metaphorical Force of Nature. She had an abundance of stubbornness and excessive pride that overshadowed many of her redeeming qualities as not only a daughter and a sister, not only as a wife and mother but, for sure as an unforeseen single mother and one of the most beautiful women to have ever walked Earth. She was such a force in the flesh that she quickly became a noticeable example of nature everywhere you look and feel. The wind feels like a hug that comes from all directions simultaneously, the sun feels like her cheeks, and every blade of grass is yet another example of the plethora of unique qualities as a human being she never kept from anyone. "Knock, Knock!" is the phrase quite often heard before she entered a room. You always knew who it was just by hearing that and It'll never go unsaid again. She loved to cook new meals with new recipes and no restaurant will ever come close to the amount of love she put into every meal she would prepare. Her baking was next level, especially her cheesecake and everyone who has ever eaten one can attest to that without a stutter. Her advice toward any situation you'd bring to her was always somehow exactly what you needed to hear to move forward with ease. That will never go unnoticed from now on "moving forward". She seldom asked for help from anyone until she would try and run out of all her possible options that she could come up with, then, and only then, would she come and ask for help with something. The one quality she had a huge currency of though, was that she never complained about anything. If it sounded like that it was always coming from a place of passion and not hate. If she was in physical pain ever, you wouldn't even know. She never showed it. She was always moving around. If she had a huge problem with anything you would never know. She walked around with glee and a smile on her face even if you couldn't see it. Linda wasn't one to verbally say the words "I love you" often but Linda always made up for that with every waking breath she participated in. There was never a feeling that she thought otherwise. You never had to hear it from her because you fucking knew it. She was the definition of love. Linda and her husband Tom's bond together was like no other. Traditional and pure love for each other. They went through everything together. They never told their children lies and we're always very open about difficult situations their family would have to partake in and never hid anything of importance from them. Linda will be forever missed but never forgotten. Not a single moment will pass that you're not there in all of us. She had so much love to pass around and would offer it to anyone who needed more. We all hope that she knows that we all tried to reciprocate that back to her as best we could. She didn't deserve to have her life taken the way it was and that should not be the end of her beautiful story. Every day that story will be overshadowed by everything you taught us and showed us to become who we all are today and are going to become because you were in it every single day. You will remain alive in all of our thoughts, in all of our hearts, and in all of our next moments moving onwards. We love you because you taught us what it means to love in the first place. So at least you know that you're receiving the same type of love back because we learned it from the best source of it. You mean everything to us. I Will Forever Love You.

Friends may call at LATEK & RYBICKI, a GOLDEN RULE FUNERAL HOME, 7906 BROADVIEW RD. (corner of Broadview and Sprague Rds.), where services will be held Saturday, November 9, at 5:00 PM.  MEMORIAL GATHERING: SATURDAY 3:00 PM until time of service.