The Funeral Mass for Linda Caroline Daly will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 10:30AM at the Madonna Towers Chapel with Fr. James Russell officiating. Visitation will be held one half-hour prior to services at Madonna Towers. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Linda Caroline Daly, age 97, of Rochester, passed away on November 13, 2011 at Madonna Towers Nursing Care.

Born Linda Caroline Martini in Stambaugh, Michigan on Feb. 24, 1914, she was a graduate of Stambaugh High School and St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, MN and attended the University of Michigan.  Linda worked as a public health nurse in Saginaw, MI and served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.

She married Clement M. Daly in 1945 and moved to Rochester that year. She was employed at the Mayo Clinic and St. Mary's Hospital as a nurse and an instructor in the School of Practical Nursing. She retired in 1977.  Linda is survived by her sister, Melba Stork (Robert), a daughter, Mary Stotts (William) and two grandchildren, Carolyn Palestino (Ernesto) and Christopher Thompson. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clement who died in 1961, and a brother.   Mrs. Daly was a member of St. John's Catholic Church the Altar Society, St. Mary's Alumni, St. Mary's Auxiliary, St. Mary's Retirement Club, and Mayo Friendship Club.  She enjoyed golf, bridge, reading and traveling.

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