Linda L. Navel, 81, of Rockville, Indiana passed away Monday, December 19, 2022, at Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute. She was a retired beautician. 

She was born December 28, 1940, in Lafayette, Indiana to the late James W. Cook and Margaret Lucille Rusk Cook. Her husband of 62 years, Don Navel whom she married July 20, 1962, in Rockville survives; also surviving, one son, Jim Navel of Lafayette; one daughter, Janet Muckerheide of Dayton, Ohio; one sister, Barbara Thompson of New Braunfels, Texas; nine grandchildren, Nathan, Amanda, Zachary, Emily, Alli, Joey, Sadie, Allie and Jesse; six great-grandchildren, Jack, Elli, Dayton, Tristan, Diana and Havannah; several nieces and nephews. 

She was a 1958 graduate of Rockville High School and Smart Appearance Beauty College in Terre Haute. She was a member of the Rockville First United Methodist Church where she served as Sunday school superintendent, Order of the Eastern Star chapter 537 in Montezuma, and Daughters of the Nile Badoura chapter 23.

 She was a Girl Scout leader, Softball coach and drove a Bus for Head Start. She enjoyed crafts.

 Services will be 11:00 am Thursday, December 29, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Jon Overbey officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from 4-8 pm Wednesday with Order of the Eastern Star and Daughter’s of the Nile memorial services beginning at 7:00 pm. 

Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Rockville First United Methodist Church, PO Box 142, Rockville, IN 47872 in her memory. 

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