Linda Walling

BLOOMFIELD, VERMONT – Ms. E. Linda Walling, 58, of Bloomfield, Vermont, passed away Saturday morning, February 23, 2008, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook after a period of failing health. Linda was born April 24, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of the late Joseph Moravec and Dolores (Beckwith) Moravec. Before moving to the North Country with her family, Linda traveled abroad as part of a military family, and she was even named the “Mayor” of a military housing unit in Finthen, Germany. Ms. Walling moved to the North Country in 1973 with her family. For a time she was a Head Start teacher in Stratford Hollow, and for the past several years she enjoyed her work as a bartender and manager at the VFW in North Stratford. Linda was an avid reader and a great fan of all of Stephen King’s work. She enjoyed travelling to Salem, Mass., with her sisters at Halloween time. She loved to fish, too, and she enjoyed gambling, taking part in local bingo games a all types of scratch tickets. Linda collected bells made of crystal and she loved all types of butterflies. Her other hobbies included playing darts, and country-western music and dancing. Her greatest love was her grandchildren and the time that she was able to spend with them. Ms. Walling leaves behind three sons, John Mulcahy and dear friend, Amy Petrie, of Shelter Island, NY, Raymond Mulcahy and partner, Heidi, of Shelter Island, NY, and Tim Mulcahy and companion, Billie, of Lancaster, NH; three sisters, Sandy Dutton of Mesa, Ariz., Ellena McDowell, of Pittsfield, NH, and Antonia Ogar of Shelter Island, NY; a brother, Matthew Digiulio of Fort Lauderdale, Fl.; five grandchildren, Dustin Mulcahy, Dillan Petrie, Caitlyn Mulcahy, Marik Mulcahy, and Ayden Mulcahy who will be born later this year; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Linda is preceded in death by her parents; a son, Paul Mulcahy in 1991; and three brothers, Walter Kelly, Stephen Kelly, and Paul Moravec. Calling hours will be held on Monday, February 25, 2008, from 6-8 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A funeral service was conducted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home with The Reverend Craig Cheney officiating. An interment service was held on Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. at the Bloomfield Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in Linda’s memory may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o Rosemary Mulliken at the First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main Street, Colebrook, NH 03576. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH.

Linda Walling

April 24, 1949 - February 23, 2008