Veronica "Linda" Marie Morsette, 73, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Healthcare on Sunday, July 18, 2021.  Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 19, 2021, and will continue until her funeral.  A Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, and her funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.  All services will be held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Box Elder.  Burial will be in the Morsette Family Cemetery.  Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Linda was born on February 18, 1948, in Fort Belknap, MT, to Bill and Delia Morsette.  She grew up in Rocky Boy, and attended school there.  After high school, she attended Northern Montana College, and began working as a Special Education Teacher at the Rocky Boy School.  Linda began teaching in the mid-1970's and retired in 1991 to help care for her granddaughter Morissa so her baby Melissa could finish school.

"Gramma Linda" enjoyed being outdoors in the summer, sitting on her porch drinking her sun tea, while visiting or talking on the phone with her sister, Vivian.  She loved to listen to her music and dance.  She loved her CDs, doing her crossword puzzles, and browsing through her catalogs.  One of her biggest joys in life was to spend every moment she could with her grandchildren.

Gramma Linda was a very kind-hearted, loving lady.  Her door was always open, and if you needed a place to stay or were hungry, well, everyone knew that Gramma Linda's was the place to go.  She would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it.

Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Delia Morsette; brothers Richard "Moldy" Morsette, William "Sonny Boy" Morsette, and Johnny Morsette; sisters, Cecelia, Rosie, Alice, Geneva, and Josephine; great-grandson, Lorenzo Watson; great-niece, Shannon Morsette; great-nephew, Thomas Bernard; two husbands, Alvin Glen Johnson and Wayne E. Healy; and her two best-friends in life, Evelyn Gopher and Theresa Bacon-Morsette.

Linda's survivors include her children, John (Heather) Evans of Malta, Mary (Harold) Watson of Box Elder, Regina (Ronald) Stump of Rocky Boy, and Melissa (Wilbur) Nagel; adopted sons, Tim and Ted Koop of Rocky Boy, and Gregory St. Pierre of Box Elder; adopted daughter, Vickie (Brad) Robinson of Great Falls; granddaughters she raised as her own, Nikki, Morissa, and Kylyn, all of Box Elder; granddaughters, Shauntel Watson, Skyler and DJ Sunchild, Amatiel and Autumn Sunchild, Margaret and Zariah Nagel, and Shayna Jo Koop, all of Box Elder; grandsons, Ryley (Levi) Watson, Maurice (Teyler) Dionne, Richard "Tank" Morsette, and Austin Demontiney, all of Box Elder; numerous great-grandchildren; sisters, Hannah Morsette, Vivian (Jack) Striker, Marla Boe, Shawna Morsette, and Violet (Robert) Oats, and Retha Chandler, all of Rocky Boy; brothers, Harvey (Debbie) Morsette, Melvin (Shelia) Morsette, Kermit (Wilma) Morsette, and Larry (Karen) Morsette, all of Rocky Boy; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other extended family and friends.