Linda Atcheson

Longtime Reno resident Linda Atcheson was born on November 4, 1945, and passed into eternity on November 18, 2021, shortly after her 76th birthday. She spent her first 30 years in Texas and became an RN, later receiving her bachelor's degree in nursing from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, earning a GPA of 4.0. She first employed her amazing talents at Hermann Hospital, a major acute-care hospital in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. She was intelligent, skilled, and impressively brave: Early one morning in the emergency room she found herself facing a drunken man who had just mortally wounded his wife. He was waving and pointing his pistol at everyone in the ER, demanding to see her. Linda walked up to him and persuaded him to hand his pistol to her, which he did. She never volunteered this to anyone, probably because she didn't think she did anything special. Well, she was special. She moved to Reno with her young family in 1979 and lived there until about 6 years ago. Linda was a volunteer instructor for the new nursing program at Truckee Meadows community College in the early 1980s. She was then appointed to the Nevada State Welfare Board, and served for several years. She returned to nursing in a local medical office for over 20 years. After retirement, she volunteered at St. Mary's Medical Center until moving back to North Texas, where she had extensive family. She was surrounded by family and devoted caregivers until her last moments. Linda died quietly at home, never complaining. She was predeceased by her parents, Richard and Bess Williamson, and by a brother, Clifford Mack. She is survived by her husband, Steven G. Atcheson and children Nathaniel Atcheson and Katy Atcheson, sister Cheryl Glasgow, sister-in-law Jane Mack, son-in-law Darren Uhl, special friends Pearl Burrell and Christian Warren, and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. A private memorial service at her home in Double Oak was held the day before Thanksgiving. We shared memories, music, images, and prayers, and had much to be thankful for. Mortuary services were provided by Distinctive Life Funeral Services of Plano, Texas. Their website is distinctivelife.com, and we would enjoy reading thoughts and memories from the many friends she left behind. Her ashes will be scattered on the Blanco River in the hill country of central Texas, where she spent the happiest days of her childhood. Linda loved animals and supported every no-kill shelter wherever she lived. She would appreciate being remembered with a contribution in her name.

Linda Atcheson

November 4, 1945 - November 18, 2021