Linda (Blaine) Ottis, 70 years old, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, peacefully at her home in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Linda was born October 4, 1953, in Moorhead, Iowa, at the Blaine family residence in the beautiful Loess Hills of Iowa, the daughter of James and Rosemary (Moorhead) Blaine.

She was united in marriage to John Ottis on May 20, 1989, and they enjoyed thirty-five years of happy wedded bliss.

Linda attended elementary school and high school at East Monona in Moorhead, Iowa.

She furthered her education and graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in fisheries wildlife and biology.

Her hobbies were fishing, kayaking, gardening, playing cards with the ladies, beachcombing, fiber arts, community service, and volunteering at the Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, Minnesota.

She was a member of Eastern Star in Iowa and Minnesota as well as the Moorhead Christian Church, Moorhead, Iowa, where she served as Past Deaconess. Also, a member of the Fiber Art Guild in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Survived by her husband John Ottis of Grand Marais, Minnesota; sister Marcia Blaine and her companion Deb Grove of Omaha, Nebraska; brother, Park (Kathleen) Blaine of Elkhorn, Nebraska; sister, Barbara (Randy) Wacheldorf of Moorhead, Iowa; niece, Rosemary (Wacheldorf) Nelson, and her children, Penelope and Roman Nelson of Omaha, Nebraska; and many cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents James and Rosemary Blaine; and nephew, Stuart Wacheldorf.