Joan M. LinneInterior Designer



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Joan Margaret Shackelford Linne, 74, an interior designer in the furniture department at Woodward & Lothrop for 30 years, died April 8 at her daughter's home in Centreville. She had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Mrs. Linne was a professional model for about seven years in her youth, having graduated from a local modeling school. She was named the 1949 May Day Queen at Stafford High School, and in 1952, she was a princess in the Cherry Blossom festival.



She also graduated from a local interior design institute and began working at the department story in 1962, retiring in 1992.

Her husband of 52 years, William Arthur Linne, died in 2006.

Survivors include three children, LuLynne Linne of Centreville, Tara Marie Mahootian of Shepherdstown, W.Va., and William Linne of Falls Church; and five grandchildren.