Linda Lou Shepherd Sedam

Celebrating The Life of Mrs. Linda Lou Sedam

Mrs. Linda Lou Shepherd Sedam, age 79, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on May 19, 1947 in Middletown, Ohio. Linda was the loving daughter of the late George and Ruby Shepherd. She was raised in Jennings County. She was baptized and raised in the Christian faith. She met her husband-to-be when she was 5 years old and on May 23, 1964, she became the wife of Richard ‘Dick’ Sedam in a ceremony at the Rush Branch Church in Jennings County. This happy union of 55 years was blessed with daughters Tonya and Shelli. Linda spent her life as a devoted wife, loving mom, mamaw, great-grandma and sister. She greatly enjoyed all time spent with her family throughout her life. If you saw Linda, her beloved husband Dick was probably close by, as the couple rarely spent any time apart until his death in 2019. She loved having fun and traveling and the many family trips to St. George Island, Florida stand out as fond memories for all five of her grandchildren. Sunday lunches were an important tradition at mom’s house, a gathering rarely missed by her girls. She loved watching the birds, squirrels, chipmunks and deer that would come to her yard to play and she taught the young great-grandchildren how to ‘pinch and throw’ old bread so that the outdoor friends would have plenty to eat. Linda retired from Cummins Engine Company. In 1993, she and Dick purchased a candy store in downtown Madison called ‘Forget Me Not Candy Store’. They spent many hours working together making candy and visiting with customers. This passionate endeavor even allowed them to work with NASA to have some of their chocolates included in a space launch during the 1990s and this was the most memorable time in her working career. Linda will be remembered in the way that she loved big and her giving spirit. Linda passed peacefully on Thursday, September 17 at 12:44 p.m. at Thornton Terrace Health Campus with her loving family by her side.

A Loving Family
Linda will be missed by her loving daughters Tonya Sedam McCord and her husband Roger of Madison, Indiana; Shelli Sedam Williams and her husband Shane of Madison, Indiana; her five beloved grandchildren Justin McCord; Emily Nelson; Lindsey Jackson; Matthew Williams; and Casey Williams; her seven adoring great-grandchildren Ava Overfield; Dani McCord; Mia and Alice Nelson; Callie, Kyler and Colson Jackson; her sisters Shirley Herring of Columbus, Indiana; Iris McClure of Louisville, Kentucky and Joyce Giltner of Madison, Indiana; her sister-in-law Betty Lou Shepherd of Vernon, Indiana; her cousin & best friend Brenda Seversen of Hamilton, Ohio; her brothers-in-law Bernard Sedam and his wife Virginia of North Vernon, Indiana; Joe Lee of Butlerville, Indiana; her sister-in-law Phyllis Sedam of North Vernon, Indiana; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 55 years Richard ‘Dick’ Sedam; her father George W. Shepherd; her mother Ruby Thorpe Shepherd; her brothers Jerry Shepherd and Pete Shepherd; her sisters-in-law Jean Shepherd; Marjorie Moore; Anita Jean “Jeanie” Strope; Beverly Kay Lee; Anna Sedam; her brothers-in-law, Sam Fugate, Jack Herring; Robert Sedam; Harvey A. Sedam; James Moore; Von Strope; her father-in-law and mother-in-law Ernest and Ruby Sedam.

Celebration of Life
Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, September 25, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Entombment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, 9306 North US 421 in Madison, Indiana. A funeral luncheon will follow the entombment at the North Madison Christian Church, 1400 East State Road 62 in Madison, Indiana.

Visitation
Friends and family may visit on Friday, September 25 from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Center, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.

Memorial Expressions
Memorial contributions may be made at the link below the obituary to Friends of Grandview for the upkeep of the cemetery grounds.