With great sadness, I share with you that Linda Nelson lost her battle with lung cancer and the complications from cancer treatment on January 2nd.
So many of us are grieving and will feel the loss of Linda for a long time to come. We can also take a look around our community and our lives to be reminded of the strengthen, commitment, and love she so generously shared. She has forever changed lives for children and families in Skagit County for the better.
Linda Nelson, a 32 year resident of the Skagit Valley in Washington state, passed away on January 2nd, 2011, after a courageous fight with lung cancer. She was born on November 19, 1946 in Seneca Falls, New York, the daughter of the late Albert and Geraldine Nelson. She graduated from Mynderse Academy and Oswego College in upstate New York.
Linda will be greatly missed by her husband of 28 years, Paul Van Hine, her sons, Alexander and Joshua(Cindy Handel), and her grandson Grady. She also has two sisters, Lois(Robert Nies) and Margo(Larry Schmidtgall), and sister-in-law, Sherrill(wife of her late brother Karl). Linda also has many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews of whom she was very proud.
Linda worked as executive director and manager of education and community-based coalitions and programs. Linda was also an active member of her community serving on the LaConner School Board, Boys and Girls Club Board, several Washington state programs and the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee. Linda’s life ambition was to give her all and strive to make a difference.
Calling hours are January 6th from 4-8 PM at Kern Funeral Home, 1122 South 3rd Street in Mount Vernon. Her funeral will be at the LaConner United Methodist Church, 601 South 2nd Street at 11:00 AM, Friday January 7th.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established to help defray the costs of Linda’s lengthy illness. Checks are payable to: Linda 4 Life Memorial Account, and mailed to PO Box 285, Burlington, WA 98233.
Linda Nelson, a 32 year resident of the Skagit Valley in Washington state, passed away on January 2nd, 2011, after a courageous fight with lung cancer. She was born on November 19, 1946 in Seneca Falls, New York, the daughter of the late Albert and Geraldine Nelson. She graduated from Mynderse Academy and Oswego College in upstate New York.
Linda will be greatly missed by her husband of 28 years, Paul Van Hine, her sons, Alexander and Joshua(Cindy Handel), and her grandson Grady. She also has two sisters, Lois(Robert Nies) and Margo(Larry Schmidtgall), and sister-in-law, Sherrill(wife of her late brother Karl). Linda also has many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews of whom she was very proud.
Linda worked as executive director and manager of education and community-based coalitions and programs. Linda was also an active member of her community serving on the LaConner School Board, Boys and Girls Club Board, several Washington state programs and the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee. Linda’s life ambition was to give her all and strive to make a difference.
Calling hours are January 6th from 4-8 PM at Kern Funeral Home, 1122 South 3rd Street in Mount Vernon. Her funeral will be at the LaConner United Methodist Church, 601 South 2nd Street at 11:00 AM, Friday January 7th.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established to help defray the costs of Linda’s lengthy illness. Checks are payable to: Linda 4 Life Memorial Account, and mailed to PO Box 285, Burlington, WA 98233.
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