Memorial services for Linda (Umland) Holte will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 1701 Russell Boulevard, Davis, Calif.
Linda Holte, 54, Davis, formerly of Magnolia, died Thursday, May 9, 2002, after a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy.
Linda Umland was born to William and Aagot Umland, rural Magnolia, on May 24, 1947, She graduated from Magnolia High School. She majored in English education at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
She married Carlton Holte in 1969 upon graduating from St. Olaf. They lived two years in Decorah, Iowa, then moved to Davis in 1971.
She taught in the Davis School District from 1971 until her illness forced her retirement. In addition to teaching English, drama/speech and the senior writing seminar, she directed numerous plays and musicals, coordinated Steinbeck Country field trips and served as a class adviser. She was also involved professionally as a mentor teacher for the District, a review–team member for school accreditations, a reader/consultant for several state test-development projects and writing programs, and an active member of the Area 3 Writing Project and the California Association of Teachers of English.
Mrs. Holte was a member of Lutheran Church of Incarnation in Davis. Her active involvement with her church included serving as a council and committee member, a Catechetics teacher and congregation president. She was a long-time member of Children’s Home Society and belonged to the same bridge group for 30 years.
Survivors include her husband, Carlton Holte, Davis; two children, Erik Holte, San Jose, Calif., and Maren Holte, Concord, Calif.; two sisters, Carol Burtness, Solvang, Calif., and Pamela Rohr, Santa Ynez, Calif., and their families; and numerous relatives and godchildren.
An English Education Scholarship fund is being established in Linda’s memory at St. Olaf College in Northfield.