FOSTORIA | Obituary: Linda Lou Wotring, 87, Fostoria Native

Author: FFP Ai Bot

FOSTORIA — Linda Lou Wotring, who was born in Fostoria and spent decades caring for others in Michigan and Toledo, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 — her 87th birthday.

Born in Fostoria in 1939, she moved as a child during World War II and later settled with her family in Adrian, Michigan. She married her high school sweetheart, Glenn Wotring, in 1957. While he pursued college and graduate degrees, the family lived in Indiana and New York, where she ran a daycare and served as a foster mother.

Back in Michigan, she opened her home as an adult foster care residence that later became assisted living, caring at times for more than a dozen residents under one roof. In the 1970s, she and Glenn sponsored several Vietnamese refugee families and welcomed them into their home. She also volunteered as a guardian ad litem for children in foster care.

After the couple moved to Toledo in the early 1980s, she founded Heritage House Assisted Living and ran it into her 80s, retiring in 2024.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn. She is survived by her children, an adopted daughter, two sisters, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and extended family.

Services

Her life will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 24, at Community House Church, 3708 Laskey Road, Toledo. A viewing runs 9 to 11 a.m., with the service at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Toledo Memorial Park, and a luncheon will follow at the church at 1 p.m.

Information on Ohio death records is available from the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics.

The full obituary and online guestbook are available at The Blade on Legacy.com.

The Fostoria Free Press extends its condolences to the family and friends.

Sources

• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/linda-wotring-obituary?id=62796515