We Remember

SAMIS, Linda Keran

January 16, 1951 — May 1, 2025

Linda Samis lived a full life. She was born Linda Keran Jorsvick at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. She passed away on March 1, 2025, at the age of 74 in Kelowna, BC.

Linda attended Notre Dame Regional High school in Vancouver. She spoke often about the importance of her experience at this Catholic school. Later, Linda worked in Vancouver, Montréal (during the FLQ crisis) and Calgary. Linda had an eye for real estate, and together with her former husband, owned and sold many homes in the province. A true entrepreneur, she started numerous businesses, including Decorating Den and Canaqua. The latter business was exciting, and she travelled to Hong Kong, Istanbul, Dubai, and London. She is author of “Brass Ovaries: Grow a Pair” in which the reader is encouraged to see that we all have choices and consequences available to us. She was a proud mom of two children and dedicated to her canine friends Nikki, Buzz, Sydney, Sophie, and Oliver. She spent many years in Steveston village and loved to walk along the boardwalk daily. Later in life, she settled in Kelowna, where she made the best of her situation and always praised the good work of the physicians and nurses at KGH.

Predeceased by her parents Douglas and Adele Jorsvick, she will be missed very much by her daughter Taylor Samis and son Jordan Samis; her grandchildren Paige, Audrey, Logan, and Lily; her brother Scott; and her dearest friends Joan Brandt and Lynn Grisack.

We will be holding a small, private ceremony where her ashes will be planted with a white willow tree. We encourage friends and family to remember her bright spirit and “joie de vivre” that she brought to our world.

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