- Date Of Birth: February 10, 1947
- Date Of Death: February 25, 2020
- State: Michigan
Linda E. Cassaday, age 73 of Hope, walked on peacefully to heaven on Tuesday February 25, 2020 after a battle with cancer. The eldest daughter of William and Barbara (Still) Gilde was born in Cadillac, Michigan on February 10, 1947. She was a 1964 graduate of Midland High School. Linda had worked for a lawyer’s office, was a real estate agent and later worked and retired from Community Mental Health after 23 years of service in 2009. She was a proud member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indian and a member of Hope United Methodist Church. As the family grew, so did the activities, from snowmobiling with the kids to camping, but most of all she enjoyed watching the family play sports. Linda loved getting her family together and making them way too much food. She loved to read and was always thumbing through cookbooks looking for the next big taste. Linda always enjoyed traveling to one of her favorite places, Las Vegas and even broaden her travels by going to Italy with Ron.
Surviving is her husband of 49 years, Ronald Cassaday of whom she married on December 5, 1970 in Sanford of whom she meet in 1968 at the local drive in; her 6 children, Ruth Rogers of Midland, Jacque (Jason) Adams of Brighton, Kyle (Mary) Cassaday of Hope, Janessa (Shane) Bremer of Hope, Kevin (Kelli) Cassaday of Lansing; 8 grandchildren, Carl (Marie) Rhonin, Cameron, Payne Cassaday, Caden, Aubrey Adams, Kaitlyn, Madalyn and Lance Bremer; her mother, Barbara Gilde of Midland; sister, Donna Dobson of Sierra Vista, Az. Linda was preceded in death by her father, William Gilde, daughter, Denise Rogers; sister, Sandra Norvell.
