Linda Arnold
Linda Arnold
Linda Arnold gently left her family, friends, and neighbors on Aug. 28, 2024. Linda was raised and educated in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduation, she moved to St. Paul, Minn., where she lived for 40 years. Linda raised her two children, Anna and Mike, while working as a State Farm Insurance agent in Minnesota. Still, she found time for other activities that she relished, including golf, cards, her many friends and extended family, and line dancing until the wee hours of the night.
Linda met her husband Rob in St. Paul where they were married in 2008. Linda’s family grew to include Beth, Ted, and Mary Arnold. Both Linda and Rob enjoyed the friends and family that each had brought into their new life together. Rob joined Linda in her many activities (save line dancing), and Linda often accompanied him to a family cabin in Wisconsin. Linda and Rob moved to the SunBird Golf Resort in Chandler, Ariz., in 2018, where they felt they had truly struck gold. Linda made many dear friends at SunBird playing in golf and card groups, and enjoying SunBird games and activities with Rob and all their friends.
Dorothy H. Sykes
Dorothy H. Sykes
Dorothy H. Sykes (June 12, 1935-Aug. 31, 2024) moved from Livermore, Calif., to our SunBird community in 2004 to 1881 E. Winged Foot Drive. Dorothy is survived by her four children, Marty (wife Kimberley), John (wife Sharon), Stephanie (husband Joe), and Philip (wife Jen).
Dorothy loved to travel and read! She took part in book clubs. An avid reader, she had spent half a lifetime running a bookstore, inviting authors to bring their books to the public. Dorothy was tremendously book read with wonderful recall and a knack for conversation in anything and everything.
An energetic and fierce competitor in local bridge groups, she reached the highest score for one day of bridge that earned a framed copy of her tally. SunBird bridge players met with Dorothy’s daughter, Stephanie Gornik (from Ohio) following a bridge session on Friday the 13th in September in the Horizon Room to toast our friend and share some remarkable stories. Dorothy will be deeply missed and remembered with smiles and chuckles. She was simply the G.O.A.T.!