Linda Farquhar Kogut, 73, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, passed away on Sunday, May 2nd. She was born to parents Edwin H. Farquhar and Frances Walsh Farquhar, on April 30th, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts.
She graduated from Mission High School in 1966. She went on to study at Northeastern University.
Linda referred to herself as the “Eccentric Old Lady from Rozzie”. She enjoyed attending all senior events in southwest Boston and was honored to win Prom Queen of the Senior Prom in 2019 after several years of fierce competition.
Linda encouraged all to live life to the fullest and live by her mantra:
Dance Like Nobody's Watchin';
Sing Like Nobody's Listenin';
and Love Like You've Never Been Hurt.
Linda loved being a cheerleader for people around her. One of her favorite things to do was to go to races and cheer on her daughter Joy as well as every other person in the race. Linda would dress up and bring her cowbells that she would jingle nonstop while cheering and yelling out to every person that ran by shouting encouragement. Linda was so well known and liked for her cheering that her daughter Joy’s running groups would ask if her mother would be there to make sure that they also signed up for the race. In 2017 at the Fast and Furriest 5k Linda was awarded a medal by the race staff for being the ‘Best Cheerer and Supporter’ during the race. During the Boston Marathon in 2019, Linda was able to cheer for her daughter and also give an interview to the Wicked Local Brookline Tab during the race about how excited she was to be able to cheer on all participants, especially her daughter.
Linda was always a passionate Red Sox fan throughout her life. There are many memories of Linda’s Red Sox passion from her sneaking into Fenway Park after school in the 1960s to watch games, shocking her father at an away game that when the players got off the bus they recognized her and would say ‘Hi Linda!’ to games later in her life that she would attend with her family.
Linda is survived by her daughter Joy Kogut and partner Colin Whitehouse, brother Edwin (Buzz) Farquhar and partner Carol Winton, and husband Stephen Kogut.
A Mass will be held at Saint John Chrysostom Parish (4750 Washington St., West Roxbury, MA 02132) on Saturday, May 15 at 10 AM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ethos: https://www.ethocare.org/cause/donate-now/ or 555 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.