Rita Josephine "Jo" Linder; beloved wife of the late Kenneth; dear mother of Ann (Roger) Barth, Jay (Ann) Linder, Stephen (Laura) Linder and Paul Linder; loving grandmother of Samantha (Mark) Beck, Kristin Barth,  and Daniel, Michael, Joseph, John, Brigid and Emily Linder;  fond sister of the late Vincent and Edward Thompson, Mary Margaret Fletcher, Gertrude Sabin, Kathleen Thompson and Genevieve McGuire. A visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday July 22nd at Simkins Funeral Home 6251 Dempster St. Morton Grove IL. Interment will follow at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.