JAMESTOWN — Linda A. Kerns Buffham, 65, of Adamsville Road, Jamestown, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh.

Mrs. Buffham was born August 30, 1942 in Circleville, W.V., daughter of the late Herbert and Freddie Marie Johnston Kerns.

She was married to Hugh A. Buffham Sr. July 31, 1958, and was a homemaker and member of Atlantic Community Church in Atlantic. She attended E. Fallowfield and Conneaut Lake schools and was a graduate of Newport Pacific High School in Los Angeles, Calif. She was proud of her research work at the United States Embassy Library in Bonne, Germany, and was active in church functions. She loved her family, traveling, cooking, hiking, gardening, her cats and her dog, “Baxter.”

She is survived by her husband Hugh A. Buffham Sr.; a son, Hugh A. Buffham Jr. and his wife Jennifer, both of Jamestown; a daughter, Teresa A. Miller and her husband Dale, both of Westford; a sister, Barbara Galbraith and her husband Max, both of Jamestown; two brothers, Robert L. Kerns and his wife Marilyn, both of Linesville and John L. Kerns and his wife Edna, both of Fredonia; and four great-grandchildren.

In addition to both parents, she was preceded in death by a son, David A. Buffham; a half-brother, Jewel Vandervander; and a brother, Charles Larry Kearns.

Calling hours will be held tonight at 6 to 9 p.m. at Randall Funeral Home and Tuesday at 10 to 11 a.m. at Atlantic Community Church. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Atlantic Community Church, 416 Liberty St., Jamestown, with the Pastor Jeff Sterling officiating.

Burial will be in Rock Glen Cemetery, Adamsville, Pa.

The family suggests memorials be made to American Heart Association or Atlantic Community Church.