71 year old Linda B. (Zeleny) McNeely, of Monticello, Indiana, passed away at 4:07 p.m., Friday, July 29, 2022, at the Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital of Lafayette, Indiana.
 
Linda was born in Chicago, Illinois  on Friday, May 11, 1951, to the late Joseph and Joan L. (Pidrman) Zeleny. On Sunday, October 7, 1973, in Downers Grove, Illinois, she married Roger E. McNeely; he passed away on Monday, April 25, 2005. 

 

Linda had lived in the Monticello, Indiana area most all of her life.

A Gathering of Family and Friends will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the Kinser's Bakery, 215 N. Main Street, Monticello, Indiana, 47960. 

 

Memorials may be given to Family.  Envelopes will be available during the Memorial Gathering of Family and Friends at the Kinser's Bakery of Monticello, Indiana, 47960, or can be mailed to the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960.  

 

Burial will be Private for the Family at the I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery of rural Monticello, Indiana.

Biographical Information:

   Linda grew up in Lisle, Illinois, and was a 1968 graduate of Lisle High School of Lisle, Illinois. She had lived in the Monticello, Indiana, area most all her life. Linda and her late husband, Roger, started their adult lives in retail, meeting in the Downers Grove, Illinois, Woolworth Store. After marriage, they opened the first Ben Franklin Dime Store of Walnut, Illinois. They then moved to Monticello, Indiana, where they owned and operated the downtown Ben Franklin Dime Store. Linda then went to work at the former K-Mart of Monticello, Indiana, for over fifteen years. She used to deliver the Monticello Herald Journal Newspaper of Monticello, Indiana, to all the newsstands and could be found out and about all over town in the wee early. morning hours. Linda was also known to routinely stop at Kinser’s Bakery of Monticello, Indiana, to have a hot cup coffee after delivering her papers, and then worked at Kinser’s for a period of time. 

 

Survivors include: 

Two (2) Sons,

Joshua "Josh" (wife Kimberley Belliveau) McNeely of Oxford, Nova Scotia, Canada, and

Clayton "Clay" McNeely of Monticello, Indiana;

 

One (1) Brother,

Joseph "Jody" Zeleny, Jr. of Rushville, Illinois;

 

Friend "Adopted Daughter,"

Angela Barry of Monticello, Indiana.

 

Preceded in Death:

Parents;

Joseph and Joan (Pidrman), Zeleny, Sr.;

 

Husband,

Roger E. McNeely.

 

Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 (574) 583-8488.