- Date Of Birth: April 23, 1941
- Date Of Death: September 24, 2022
- State: Idaho
Linda Bowcutt, 81, passed on Sept. 23, 2022, from a tough fight with pancreatic cancer. She was born on April 24, 1941, at the family farm in Hoxie, Kansas, to Ivan and Freda Shaw. Linda was raised in this area all of her young life with her older brother, Clyde Shaw. Linda grew up loving the life of a farm girl, always alongside helping her parents. She loved all that the farm had to offer including horseback riding.
She attended grades 1-8 in a one room school house located on the family farm a half mile away from the homestead. She had the same teacher all eight of those years! During her high school years, she worked as a life guard at the Community Pool and at her aunt and uncle’s dry cleaners. Upon graduating in 1958 at 17, with only 50 people in her class, Linda took off in her 1957 Chevy and moved to Denver and attended a 1-year Business School. She worked in Denver at Martin Marietta and the Colorado Health District.
It was in Denver when she met the love of her life while he was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, James (Jim) Bowcutt. Ironically, their first date was on April Fools’ Day in 1960. On that date, Jim told Linda that he was going to marry her and she might as well get used to the idea. He asked her to marry him on their second date. They were married Sept. 4, 1960, for 53 years until his passing.
In August 1961, their first son, James (Brad) was born, with their second son Brian, July of 1962. They moved to Ogden, Utah in 1967, and their daughter Belinda joined the family. They also spent a short time living in Salt Lake City, UT. In 1969, Jim received a transfer with the 7-11 Convenience Store Chain and they moved their family to their forever home in Boise, Idaho. Coincidentally, the home they bought was at 711 S. Roosevelt, must have been meant to be. Linda took care of children in the home and even brought in 3 foster girls to come live in their home, bringing them the much love they needed. In 1970, she started working for the State of Idaho as a Secretary and later an Administrative Secretary, retiring after 33 years in 2003. While we called it retirement she has kept herself extremely busy in helping do so many trades working at her son Brad’s shop, JB Laser, building and staining wood projects and engraving all types of plastic and metals she was far from “retired.”
While Linda had a bountiful garden in the early years in the backyard in which the famous “Bowcutt Ranch” swimming pool now resides, it just gave her more opportunities to do what she has and always will be known for, opening her home to anyone and everyone!
Linda was preceded in death by her parents Ivan and Freda Shaw, in-laws Joseph and Beth Bowcutt, brother Clyde, sisters-in law Julie, Barbara and Kristie, brother-in-law Joe, an infant granddaughter Gracie, and her adopted father Lawrence (Eddie) Fager.
Linda is survived by her loving and devoted family son Brad (Barb) Bowcutt, son Brian (Kseniya) Bowcutt, and daughter Belinda (Jerry) Hitesman.
