Linda Joyce Caviness Liles

Linda Joyce Caviness Liles, 71, of Packwood, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 at Sunnybrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Packwood Christian Church with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial will be held at a later date. Behner Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Memorials may be made to the K-9 Fund for the Jefferson County Law Center, Iowa Hospice of Oskaloosa or Pekin?s Dollars for Scholars. Cards and memorials may be sent to Mychelle Clark at 2363 Allan Drive Road, Decorah 52101.

Mrs. Liles was born May 6, 1941 in Packwood, the daughter of Donald George Caviness and Winifred Alberta Murphy Ancell. She married Claude Nicholson Nov. 19, 1959 and they later divorced. She married Randy Liles Jan. 12, 1985 in Fairfield.

She graduated from Packwood High School in 1959.

Survivors include her husband, Randy Liles of Packwood; four children, Mychelle Clark and spouse David of Decorah, Mike Nicholson of Richland, Duffy Nicholson of Packwood and Monty Nicholson and spouse Michelle of Richland; nine siblings, Diane Johnson of Decorah, Don Caviness of Knoxville, Margaret McVay of Oakville, Myrna Newcomb of Decorah, Trudy Sheetz of Sigourney, Rita Erickson of Paynesville, Minn., Tim Caviness of Oakville, Judy Sobaski and Sheila Peck both of Fairfield; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.