Linda M. (Sampson) Tullar

Rushford --- Linda Marie Tullar of Rushford went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 14, 2023 in Buffalo General Hospital at the age of 58. She was born June 30, 1965, in Olean, a daughter of Philip and Patricia Vickman Sampson. On November 28, 1987 in Yorkshire she married Stephen Tullar who survives.

Linda graduated from Rushford Central School and served as the Cattaraugus County Dairy Princess in 1984. After graduating high school, she played in the Rushford Town Band. She then went to work at the famous Rushford “Country Oven” before starting her career of over 27 years in the Cuba-Rushford Central School District. She began at Rushford Central School as a teacher’s aide, and then moved into her beloved position of reading intervention, where she touched the lives of many children through her dedication to reading and teaching. She enjoyed spending her time helping with the after-school program and summer school at Cuba-Rushford. Over the course of her career, she was active in the district, serving as a member of the Rushford Scholarship Committee and later as a Union Representative.

She was an asset to the community that she loved dearly.  She volunteered for 21 years on the Rushford Rescue Squad as an EMT and AEMT, and held the position of treasurer for several years. She was a devout Christian and loved her walk with the Lord. For 31 years she attended the Rushford Baptist Church, and most recently attended North Park Wesleyan Church in Cuba.

Linda enjoyed baking, cooking, reading, and helping others. She especially enjoyed being a wife, a mother to three exceptional children, and a grandmother. She was thrilled as her grandchildren arrived one by one, and two by two. Linda was known throughout the community for her generosity and willingness to help others. She will be missed by many.

Linda fought a courageous battle with breast cancer that she won, and proudly called herself a breast cancer survivor.

Surviving in addition to her husband are their children: Amanda (Seth) Reardon of Rushford, Darren (Denise) Tullar of Churchville, Devin Tullar of Rushford, her grandchildren, Carson, Jonah, Delilah, Drina, Darius, Demetri, Coltin, Waylin, Deangelo, and Daphne, her mother, Patricia Sampson of Rushford, her siblings, Duane (Nancy) Sampson of Rushford, Darrell (Joyce) Sampson of Bliss, Lorraine (Thomas) Finch of Farmersville, a sister in law Rachael Sampson of Middletown, PA, several aunts and uncles, 15 nieces and nephews and 19 great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was predeceased by her father and a brother, Dale Sampson.

Family and friends may gather from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, August 18, 2023 at the Kopler-Williams Funeral Home, 21 N Genesee Street, Fillmore. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm in the North Park Wesleyan Church, 32 Spring Street, Cuba. Pastor Jon Ward and Pastor Jake Baum will co-officiate. Burial will be in Bellville Cemetery, Town of New Hudson.

Memorials if desired to: Compassion International, 12290 Voyager Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO 80921, https://www.compassion.com/ways-to-donate.htm or the Rushford Rescue Squad.

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