LINDA LEAH HUNTER

Linda Leah Hunter, 44, of New Madrid, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992, at the home of a sister here.

She was born May 21, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Sam L. and Ethel Patti Hunter Jr.

Hunter was an oncology nurse consultant with H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla.

She was instrumental in starting the women's breast screening unit at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She recently received the Upjohn Quality of Life Award for her paper on "Nursing: A Channel for Spiritual Care."

Hunter received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in December 1987. She received a master's degree in nursing from the University of South Florida-Tampa in December 1991.

She was a past president of Cape Girardeau County Unit of American Cancer Society.

Survivors include her father and stepmother, Sam and Virginia Hunter Jr. of New Madrid; six sisters, Lauranell Purser, Mary Hillis, Harriette Myers, Cynthia McGee, Heidi Nesselrodt and Mollie Kelly; two brothers, Sam Hunter III and Timothy Hunter, all of the New Madrid area.

Funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Madrid. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.

Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. today at the home of her father. The rosary will be at 7.

Richards Funeral Home at New Madrid is in charge of arrangements.