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Linda Howell Betz is a descendant of Croatian immigrants who settled in the community of Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas. As a child, she loved visiting her grandparents’ home and listening to stories from the “old country”—her grandparents were captivating storytellers. Linda enjoys spending time with her family and adores her four children, seven grandchildren, and the others she’s taken into her heart and claimed as her own. She currently resides in Independence, Missouri.