
Linda Ann Guntzburger was born on November 13, 1938 in Larimore, North Dakota, the daughter of Howard and Elsie (Carlson) Guntzburger. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Honeyford, ND. Linda was a faithful member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids, MN and Christ the King in Moorhead, MN. She attended Wheatfield Country School through the eighth grade. In 1956, she graduated from the Gilby Public Schools, in Gilby, ND. In 1962, she earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Education from Mayville College. On March 21, 1959, she married Rex Haugen at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Honeyford, ND. Linda taught in Stephen, MN, Page, ND, Beltrami, MN, and then finally Pelican Rapids, MN. In 1979, she started working as an office manager at Hexum's Veterinary Clinic. After moving to Moorhead, MN in 1996, she worked at the Canary Dress Shop in the Moorhead Center Mall.