Linda was born on December 5, 1956 in Cuba, Missouri to Dorris E. and Frances (Kamler) Spurgeon and passed away on November 3, 2025 at the age of 68 years.
On May 14, 1977 she married Donald Bast.
Linda worked many years at the Pharmacy Department at Wal-Mart.
She was an active member of the Cuba Church of Christ since her teens and helped with Blue Sky Day School for 20 plus years.
She volunteered with the Lone Star 4-H Club, the Crawford County Extension, Crawford County Fair and she was inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame in 2018. She had also served on the Crawford County R-2 School Board at one time.
She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and crafting.
Linda was preceded in death by her father, Dorris E. Spurgeon; in-laws, Lester and Berenice Bast; siblings-in-law, George Bast, Eugene Bast, Virginia Bast, Jean Bast and Vera Maschek.
She is survived by her husband, Donald Bast; three children, Marcus (Tanis), Danielle and Bethany (Zane Berner); mother, Frances (Hugh) McNary; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Sr. Rose Bast, Joan Viril, Kathleen Bast, Bill (Nancy) Bast, Jerry (Carolyn) Bast, Larry Bast, Chuck (Suzanne) Bast, Joan E. Haussels; five grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Visitation was held from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 2025 at Mizell Funeral Home & Crematory in Cuba, Missouri.
Funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Mizell Funeral Home & Crematory in Cuba, Missouri with Elliot Hine officiating.
Interment at Meramec Hills Cemetery in Cuba, Missouri.
Arrangements under the direction of Mizell Funeral Home & Crematory in Cuba, Missouri.
