Linda Scovner

Linda Marie Scovner died on July 8th, 2025. She was 85.

Though born in Riverside, CA to Willard and Ruth Colwell, once her parents divorced she found herself on a farm in Windsor, MO, raised by her mother and stepfather, Charles Colwell. She spent six years attending a one-room country school, and was then valedictorian of her graduating class at Windsor High School in 1958.

When it came time to attend college, she chose to return to the land of her birth. She studied English at California State University in Los Angeles, and soon thereafter got a job teaching English.

She wasn’t done moving, however. Her next big move came years later, this time to New York City, where she met and fell in love with a young doctor named Robert Scovner.

Robert and Linda married in 1969 and moved initially to Toms River, NJ where Robert began his medical practice and then again in 1976 to Frederick, MD, where they really set down roots. Two years later, she gave birth to their only child, Jonathan.

Frederick remained their home for the next 50 years. During that time, she was a devoted wife, a caring mother, and a beloved member of their church community. She particularly took great joy in music, nature and compiling family history.

Linda and Robert were married for 52 years until his passing in 2021.

In the final years of her life, she moved one final time, this time to Philadelphia, PA. Though she missed her friends from Frederick, she was glad to be closer to Jonathan and his family. Together, they found great joy in the gardens, watching the birds, listening to music and reminiscing about Frederick.

She is survived by her brother, Thomas Colwell of Calhoun, MO, her son Jonathan, daughter-in-law Melinda and grandson Arlo of Glenside, PA.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.