Linda Nelson Bacon, 68, of Sandwich passed away peacefully at her home on July 20, 2015. Born in Boston MA on May 20, 1947 to the late Arvo A. and Margaret (Bradley) Nelson, Linda grew up in Reading, MA with her parents, grandmother Sylvia Nelson, sister Barbara Nelson, and late brother Peter A. Nelson.
Linda graduated from Reading Memorial High School in 1965 and the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Linda had a wonderful nursing career at North Shore Children’s Hospital in Salem, MA and Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. Linda’s nursing skills were complemented by her loving and caring personality and her passion for healing and helping.
Linda married her sweetheart, Cal in 1969.
They lived in Beverly, MA until Cal passed away in 1978. A few months before Cal died suddenly, he and Linda purchased their home in Sandwich. Their dream vacation home was where they hoped to spend many years together. Linda moved to Sandwich full time to pursue the dream of peaceful living near the ocean.
Linda is survived by her sister Barbara Nelson, her sisters in-law Marcia Nelson, Lydia Bacon Kalipolis and Candy Bacon, her nieces and nephews Susan (Nelson) Nohl, Peter J. Nelson, Brian Nelson, Fred Bacon and Amy (Bacon) Tyler and her dear friend, Dick Sprague.
Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home 154 Route 6A Sandwich, MA. Burial in Bay View Cemetery will follow immediately after the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lupus Foundation New England 40 Speen St., Suite 101 Framingham, MA 01701-1898.
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