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Linda Lee Reyes was born on October 19, 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to northern California, where she spent the remainder of her youth. She often enjoyed sharing her experiences from this time, including racing cars, riding motorcycles, spending time on the water, horseback riding, dancing and tagging along on different adventures with her big brother. Linda joined the U.S. Army in the 80s, where she met her husband, Jose, and they began their family. When her oldest two children were still in elementary school, she was deployed to serve in the Gulf War, and also spent time in South America providing aid to different communities through her unit. She then transitioned to serve in the Navy, from which she was honorably discharged. Linda had a knack for caring for people struggling with illness, which was evident during her time working as a nursing home CNA. She made sure her patients felt loved and cared for, and often shared stories of helping the ladies get “dolled up” for family visitation days. She was often the person called to help calm patients struggling with dementia, and if someone in her wing was dying, she would stay with them until the end to talk to them and hold their hand, even if she had already clocked out for the day. During her free time, Linda enjoyed watching home-improvement shows (and forming very strong opinions about whether the decisions being made were good ones or not), drinking a good cup of coffee, reading, walks with friends, playing with her grandchildren, window shopping, showing off her incredible swimming ability and deciding what she would do with the money if she ever won the “big lotto.” Her children fondly remember times when they would be bored in the summer and she would say, “you want to go look at houses and pretend we’re gonna buy one?” (this involved very extensive story-building, which was part of the fun) or “you want to go ride the bus and walk around the mall?” In her later years, she forged a strong relationship with God through Women’s ACTS retreats and other church groups, which brought her joy and comfort, and helped her grow in spirit. She will be remembered for her laugh, her imagination, her ability to be silly and her willingness to jump in the car at a moment’s notice to get a little treat, a coffee or just run errands. She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy Wallace, her father, James “Jim” Henricks, her step-father, Paul “Pops” Wallace, and her step-mother, Shirley Henricks. She is survived by her husband, Jose, her children, Kristi-Lynn “Cricket” (Frank), Leanne (Kris) and Kimberley (Celia), her grandchildren Robeair, Chloe, Robert, Gabriella, Beckett and Elena, her brother, Jeff Henricks, her siblings-in-law Rudy (Ernie), Richard (Beatriz) and Rosie, and her nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation will begin at 5:00 P.M. followed by the Rosary at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, July 21, 2025 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels Medical Center, 8332 Fredericksburg Road. On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, the Procession will depart the funeral home chapel at 8:45 A.M. for the Funeral Mass at 9:30 A.M at.St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 350 Sutton. Interment with Military Honors will follow at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road.

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Linda Lee Reyes

October 19, 1959 - July 8, 2025