Linda Joan Blanchard
Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 63
Linda Joan Blanchard, 63, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, died Thursday, February 4, 2021, at Unity Point Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born August 2, 1957, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Dale and Joan Ball Klauss.
While growing up the family moved to several states for her dad’s work. In 1965, they settled in Des Moines. Linda attended Franklin Junior High and graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Des Moines in 1975.
Following high school graduation, she worked in the advertising field and as a model for a modeling agency. She found she enjoyed working in sales and during her sales career, she worked for a school fundraiser company and an audio/visual equipment company. Then she worked as a sales rep for Nordic Premiums, now known as American Recognition, a division of Gunderson Jewelry for 29 years. Her customers became some of her best friends.