Linda A. (Turgeon) Tarbox, 65, of Sandown NH. Linda was born in the old Union Hospital off of Lynnwood St. in Lynn Aug. 14, 1949. She entered into peaceful rest June 27, 2015 after a ten year long battle with ALS. Linda is the daughter of Al and Anne (Wynne) Turgeon and the loving wife of Ken Tarbox with whom she recently celebrated 45 years of marriage. She has two sons, Mike and Chris, and three grandchildren, Christopher, Allison and Caitlin, whom she adored and were the center of so much joy and happiness in her life. Linda graduated from St. Mary’s Girls High School in 1967 and the Andover Institute of Business of Lynn in 1968 where she was a member of the cheerleading squad. She started her employment years at Salem State College as secretary to the Dean of Men. In 1970, she left there to join Ken in Dover, Delaware and begin raising a family. After moving back to Lynn, and then on to Chelmsford, MA, where she stayed home to raise the boys, she returned to the world of work. She spent the next 26 years at Raytheon, first as a secretary and then as an assistant Librarian in the technical library. She was laid off in 2006 and retired in 2007. Linda enjoyed traveling to different places and went on multiple trips to Ireland, Europe, The Caribbean islands, Hawaii, and a number of states in the USA. She was an active member of the “Books and Bites” book club at the Sandown, NH Library and enjoyed the time she spent with her many friends there. The last five years she would spend her winters in The Villages in Florida. Until ALS slowed her down, she enjoyed hiking and cross-country skiing on the many miles of trails in the woods of beautiful New England.
In addition to her beloved husband Ken, Linda leaves behind her sons, Michael and his wife Penni of Lafayette, IN, Chris and his wife Kerry of Nashua, NH and her three grandchildren, Christopher, Allison and Caitlin. She also leaves two sisters, Patt George and her husband Tony of Swampscott, MA and Carol Dobbins and her husband Bill of Clifton Park, NY. She also leaves many nieces and nephews along with her Aunt Rita Wynne and many cousins who grew up with her and with whom she enjoyed many years of fun at family gatherings. Linda was pre-deceased by her parents, her uncle Pat, her aunts and uncles Maisie and Jack and Beth and Brendan, a nephew Cody George, and a niece Sarah Warren.
Calling hours were held on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 4 – 8pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch Street, Derry. A Liturgy of Christian burial was celebrated at 10:00am on Thursday, July 2nd in St. Anne’s Parish, 26 Emerson Avenue, Hampstead, NH. Burial in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford, MA was privately held by the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56007 or the Muscular Dystrophy Association – WEB, PO Box 97075, Washington, DC 20077-7258 to help eradicate this awful disease.