Linda Lee Brubaker, 82 of Van Wert, passed away at 10:02 a.m., Thursday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home.

She was born on December 02, 1937, in Van Wert, Ohio the daughter of the late Clark Edgar Spitler and Susan Patricia (Benner) Spitler. On October 22, 1961, she married Robert Dean Brubaker who also preceded her in death on December 1, 2003.

Family survivors include her four children, Pamela Sue (Brad) Hasis of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Robert D. "Bob" (Susan) Brubaker, Jr. of Van Wert, David L. (Yvonne) Brubaker of Van Wert and Chad A. (Christa) Brubaker of Mansfield, Ohio; nine grandchildren, Jeremy (Sarah) Hasis, Justin (Rachel) Hasis, Duaine Healy, Luke (Sarah) Brubaker, Leah Brubaker, Noah Brubaker, Cara Brubaker, Caden Brubaker and Caelyn Brubaker; 6 great grandchildren.

Linda was preceded in death by one brother, Clark Edgar Spitler, Jr. and one sister, Nancy Jones-Jacoway.

Linda attended the International Business College in Fort Wayne, IN. She was the secretary at the former Calvary United Methodist Church in Van Wert and was a homemaker.

Services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 4, 2020, at Cowan & Son Funeral Home with Pastor W. Clark Williman officiating. Interment will be at a later date at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ohio City. Calling hours are 4:00 p.m., until time of services on Friday.

Preferred memorials are to American Heart Association or Van Wert Humane Society Building Fund.

Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at cowanfuneralhome.com, Tribute Wall.