Linda Pauline Toney, age 80 of Crestline, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at Avita Galion Community Hospital. On October 26, 1943, she was born in Clear Creek, West Virginia, to the late Oliff and Daisy (Young) Bailey. She married the love of her life, Carl W. Toney, on June 11, 1960. He preceded her in death in 2017.
Linda enjoyed caring for her patients at Crestline Nursing Home, where she worked for 35 years, until her retirement in 2009. She was an avid reader, and she enjoyed bluegrass and gospel music. She also enjoyed canning in her younger years. She truly loved her family and her neighbors, many of whom were so very special to her, and she found such joy in supporting her grandchildren at their various sporting events. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Left to cherish her memory are her children Greg (Bobbi Jo Stevens) Toney of Crestline, Steve (Venet Ireland) Toney of Newark, and Sherry (Steve) Johnson of Crestline; her sisters Edith Taylor and Helen (Jimmie) Blevins; her grandchildren Kevin (Emily Rieth) Toney, Jennifer (Nathan) Carlyle, Matt (Jessica) Dunkin, Sarah Dunkin, Catherine Dunkin, Sophia Dunkin, Christopher (Colleen) Toney, Quintin (Angela Pack) Toney, Austin (Emily Rudd) Stevens, Kam’ron Bond, Britney (Marc) Sleeckx, Kaleb (Mandy) Johnson, and Jakeb (Haley Weisman) Johnson; her great-grandchildren Tristan, Rezlyn, Annalisa, Lunafrey, John Carl, Millie, Amos, Ezra, Ansel, Odel, Clara, Jacob, Jack, Marilyn, Aiden, Asher, Archer, Griffin, Averie, and Finnley; and her beloved furbaby Mugsy Malone.
She was preceded in death by her husband Carl; her parents Oliff and Daisy; her son Dwayne Toney; and her siblings Ethel Taylor, Betty Braxton, Cora Graley, Andrew Bailey, Vernon Bailey, Leonard Bailey, Eugene Bailey, and Evelyn Robinson.
Friends and family may gather to honor Linda’s memory on Monday, September 9, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Mark A. Schneider-Gompf Funeral Home, 223 W. Main St., Crestline. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery.
In honor of Linda’s love of animals, memorial contributions may be made to the Richland County Humane Society, 3025 Park Ave. W., Ontario, OH 44906.
Those wishing to share a memory of Linda or to express their condolences to the Toney family may do so by visiting https://cas5-0-urlprotect.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=www.masfh.com&umid=212ed5f5-3a29-465b-b469-ae79a9e50161&auth=8789d1923baeef5cdc1c0bb41e7be32625ccae84-357490ef90648e20dd66d38d9f4adfb1c2537156.
The Mark A. Schneider-Gompf Funeral Home, 223 W. Main St., Crestline, is honored to serve the family of Linda Toney.