Friday, August 15, 2025
Dear Richard, Adam, Lauren, Jimmy, Roger, Martin, and all of your families,
I extend my deepest sympathy to all of you who have lost your beloved family matriarch. I am so saddened by the news, which just reached me today. It is heart breaking to think that Linda is gone. I've known her, since I was 13 years old. As some of you may remember, my family also lived on Quinpool Crescent just down the street from the Clarkes, and we kids often walked home together in a group from Bell to the outer reaches of Lynwood. We, the "group of local girls", often went to Friday night dances at St. Rick's and St. Basel's throughout high school, and Paula (my older sister) and I could always count on Linda, Carol, Wendy and Karen to go too. Times with Linda were always fun. When I think of her, I think of her elegance and her soft voice, and her wonderful laugh. She was close friends with Paula, and though I was younger, I often tagged along too. I moved to Montreal after graduation for almost 50 years and have recently moved back to Ottawa. Linda was always fun to be with in our teen years, and even sometimes when I visited Ottawa, Paula got us all together again, and we chatted like it was yesterday.
You were all so lucky to have her in your lives, and I'm sure you miss her terribly. My thoughts are with you all and I hope you visit her in dreams, and always find her presence in your daily lives.
- Linda (Chill) Miller Eubank