CARMELA PERKINS LINSMEIER

Carmela M. Perkins Linsmeier, 95, of Las Vegas, passed away peacefully July 13, 2018, surrounded by family. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and came to Las Vegas in 1959. After graduating from Central High School in Omaha, she trained to be a Cosmetologist and was a Salon owner in Omaha, Las Vegas, and Boulder City. She attended summer classes in Education at UC Berkeley and UA Flagstaff to enhance her later career as a teacher in the Cosmetology department at SE Vo-Tech High School in Henderson, now Southeast Career Technical Academy. She recently set up four financial assistance scholarships for cosmetology students at the school. She had a passion for crocheting making booties, blankets and caps for preemies at University Medical Center, lap robes for the veterans’ home in Boulder City, and caps for the homeless at Catholic Charities. Additionally, she taught crocheting classes to the residents at Las Ventanas, where she lived. She also founded a Red Hat group in Sun City and was its Queen Mother. Carmela will be remembered by her family and friends for her beautiful smile for everyone, her ever ready words of friendship and encouragement and her loving hugs when needed. Carmela was preceded in death by her parents, Sebastiano and Josephine Sacca; and husbands, Fred Perkins and Lindy Eckenberg. Carmela was the loving wife of Francis “Frank” Linsmeier for the past 20 years. She also is survived by her son, Chuck Eckenberg, and his fiance, Patty Greenway of Las Vegas; five Linsmeier stepsons and their spouses, Tom and Fran, Dave and Patty, Bill and Laura, Jim and Kristi, and Mark, all of Wisconsin; three Linsmeier stepdaughters and their spouses, Nancy and Paul Peckham, and Patty and Scott Jackson of Wisconsin, and Alice and Eric DeBode of California. She is further survived by 20 grandchildren; four greatgrand-children; and a sister, Mary Badagliacca of Las Vegas. Celebration of life Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, Catholic Church, 7260 W. Sahara Ave., with Father Marc Howes, Pastor presiding. In lieu of flowers, donations to your favorite charity are requested. Burial will be private at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1900 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Boulder City.