Linda L. Graham, 58, of Winooski Street, Waterbury, passed away in the
comfort of her home and family on Monday, June 21, 2010. Born in
Stockton, CA, on August 29, 1951, she was the daughter of Marilyn
(Harvey) DeForge and the late Francis C. DeForge. On June 16, 1984,
Linda married Michael S. Graham in Waterbury.
A 1969 graduate of Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, Linda went to
work at the former Bank of Waterbury for two years and then embarked on a
career in the insurance industry. Beginning in sales for the Stowe
Insurance Co., Linda became the Waterbury manager when the company
purchased the Breen Agency of Waterbury. She later worked in sales for
the Everett Insurance Agency and then Denis, Ricker and Brown Insurance,
both of Montpelier. For the past 10 years Linda was a rate and form
analyst for the state Banking Insurance Securities and Health Care
Administration in Montpelier.
Linda served her Waterbury community as a member of the Village Zoning
Board of Adjustment, the Village Trustees where she also served for
several years as the board secretary, and was a "red phone operator" for
the Waterbury Ambulance Service for many years. Linda served on a
number of insurance advisory boards, both at the state and national
level, and was a member of the Vermont Association of Insurance Women.
Linda was an avid reader, enjoyed bowling and was a member of the state
bowling league for the past 15 years at Twin City Lanes, and loved to
travel and go to the beach and NASCAR races, but most importantly she
loved being a wife, mother and becoming a grandmother.
Linda is survived by her husband of 26 years, Michael Graham of
Waterbury; her mother, Marilyn Zeno of Waterbury; her daughters, Kristin
Graham of Hyde Park and Caitlin Graham of Waterbury; her granddaughter,
Nevaeh Brown of Hyde Park; three sisters, Susan Morse and her husband
Wade of Duxbury, Ruth Noel and her husband Clement of Underhill, and
Nancy Grout and her husband Kris of Duxbury; as well as nieces, nephews
and extended family. A brother, Steven DeForge, predeceased Linda.
A service to celebrate the life of Linda L. Graham will be held from the
Wesley United Methodist Church in Waterbury on Monday, June 28, at 11
a.m. with a reception to follow in the church dining room. The family
requests that flowers be omitted; rather memorial gifts would be
appreciated to Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 600 Granger
Road, Barre, VT 05641 (www.cvhhh.org.), the Waterbury Ambulance Service,
P.O. Box 95, Waterbury Center, VT 05677, or to the American Cancer
Society, 55 Day Lane, Williston, VT 05495. To send online condolences
please visit www.perkinsparker.com. Assisting the family is the
Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury.
