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Linda Cordiamai Dakin (Digby, Nova Scotia) departed this life courageously ending her battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) on November 8, 2023. The second of seven children, she was born to the late Lewis Leslie and Nora Jane (Payne) Hutchings on June 25, 1945 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Linda married James Leonard (Ted) Dakin, her husband of 51 years, on September 2, 1964. They spent their married lives in Digby, Nova Scotia where Linda worked in the Royal Bank and was a bookkeeper for Par Dak Business Services and The Pines Resort.
Linda was a true artist. Her creativity flowed and her perfectionism showed through her many crafts and hobbies. As a child, her sisters remember her neatly organized Sears catalogue cutout paper doll collection. As a young mother, she knitted baby outfits and sewed entire doll and barbie wardrobes. Quilting was her passion for many years. Her meticulously crafted quilts will be treasured for years by her friends and family. Her eye for color and art was evident not only in her quilts, but also in her rug hooking, needle point, cross stitch, ceramics, toll painting, knitting, sketching, and oil painting. When she was not “creating”, she could be found poking around fabric stores, jewelry stores, and vintage China shops (often with her sisters), watching curling (on the phone with her sisters) or reading romance novels (passed around by her sisters).
Linda’s daughter and grandsons will remember her homemade bread, egg tarts, cookies, post golf mango smoothies, Halloween costumes, Marble Mountain ski trips, homemade mittens and hats, cozy flannel quilts, and many games of the three C’s (Crib, Cantan, and Canasta). She will be especially remembered for her competitive nature in said games (‘nough said).
She will be remembered by her siblings for her beautiful smile and devilish antics. “Linny-Lou” was her father’s “little boy”, following him across the bogs in Newfoundland to get Christmas trees, shoveling snow, and cutting firewood with him. She is remembered for her role in the many batches of fudge made by “the girls” whenever their mother left the house. She will forever be remembered for allowing her sisters to be punished after she stole the “flavor bud” from the jello package, only for the evidence from her red sticky fingers to be noticed smeared across the back of her pants when it was her turn to be spanked. As she watched her two grandsons grow, she often reflected on the antics of her brothers. It seemed that nothing could surprise her having known Bryan and Larry.
Linda will be remembered by her many friends for her generosity and community participation in various clubs and activities. She loved a good game of bridge and participated in many bridge clubs. On the nights that she did not play in a league, she could be found playing bridge socially with her husband and her many friends. She baked and delivered cookies and sweets to the shut-ins of the community on Christmas Eve. Over the years, she volunteered at the hospital gift shop, the Wharf Rat Rally, Lobster Bash, and Scallop Days. She was a member of Grace United Church and contributed to many aspects of her church community, including roles as a Sunday school teacher and Elder.
She will be remembered by all for her infectious smile, generosity, and stubborn nature.
Linda is survived by her daughter, Kelly Dakin Hache; grandchildren, Hunter and Austin Hache; sisters, Barbara (John) Young (Ottawa, ON), Dianne (Arthur) Squarey (St. John’s, NL); Noreen (Jim) Powell (Upper Kingsclear, NB); Kim (Larry) O’Brien (St. John’s, NL); brothers, Bryan Hutchings (Charlottetown, PE); Larry (Valerie) Hutchings (Victoria, BC); and a large extended family that includes many nieces and nephews.
She is predeceased by her husband of 51 years, James Leonard (Ted) Dakin (Digby, NS), her parents, Nora Jane (Payne) Hutchings (Curling, NL) and Lewis Leslie Hutchings (Woody Point, NL), and her in-laws, James Daniel (Ted, Sr) and Josephine Loretta (Eldridge) Dakin (Digby, NS).
The family would like to extend their appreciation to all of the loving staff at Ridgewood Assisted Living (Bridgewater, NS) for their care and companionship. A special thank you to Sandra Turnbull (Digby, NS) for her many years of friendship and care. Sincere thanks to Vicki for care and support at the dimming of the day.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Cure Progressive Supranuclear Palsy at www.psp.org or to a hospital foundation of your choice.
Wednesday November 8th 2023
Death notice for the town of: Lunenburg, Province: Nova Scotia
death notice Linda Cordiamai Dakin Hutchings Wednesday November 8th 2023
obituaries notice Linda Cordiamai Dakin Hutchings Wednesday November 8th 2023
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