Linda (Palmer) Farbry

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Linda Dell Palmer was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the elder daughter of Alice Marie DeKay and Wilfred Dell Palmer. She entered kindergarten in West Richmond Elementary School in the Maplewood-Richmond Heights school system in St. Louis County, in which she remained through 12th grade.

She attended Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio from 1963-1965. As part of the cooperative education program, she had work experiences at Mary Thompson Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Bank Building & Equipment Corporation, St. Louis, MO, draftsman; and Letchworth Village, New York.

Her mother passed away unexpectedly in 1965, and Linda left college for 18 months. She ultimately continued her studies and graduated with a B.S. in Personnel Administration from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 1967-1968.

Linda worked as a supervisor at Blue Cross in St. Louis for two years. Shortly before marrying John Farbry jr., in 1970, Linda's father, Wilfred Palmer, passed away in a nursing home after a lengthy incapacity.

John and Linda moved to Columbia, MO so John could continue his education in graduate school. There they remained until 1979, where their two daughters, Sara Marie and Katherine Ruth, were born.

After John received his PhD in experimental psychology, they returned to St. Louis for two years, where Linda gave birth to their son, Christopher Warren.

They moved to Raleigh, NC for John's work and remained there for two years before moving to Fairfax County, VA, outside of Washington D.C. where John’s firm had its headquarters.

Linda remained at home for two years and then began working at Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest publicly owned and managed school bus fleet in the US, where she remained for 30 years in the Office of Transportation Services.

She became dedicated to serving the school system: 1984-2000 School Bus Driver > Route Supervisor > Manager > Coordinator > 2000-2014 Director of Transportation > retirement.

During this time she took and enjoyed graduate courses in Administrative Sciences at George Washington University, Washington, DC 1999-2000.

Linda and her husband John retired in 2014, six months apart. They purchased a home in Loudoun County, Virginia, and mutually enjoyed their retirement. John passed away unexpectedly in October 2017 after enjoying his retirement and his family for only 3 years.

Since 2005, their lives were greatly enhanced with the addition to their family of grandchildren Carter, Caden, Quinn, Magdalena, Ella, Charlotte, Carleigh, and Lily.

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