Linda Driscoll
December 31, 1969 - December 31, 1969

"Linda was so generous. In fact, I once told her that if she quit smoking half the shopping center where we work would have to quit too cause they always bummed cigarettes off her...she just couldn't say no. It wasn't in her nature. If she had anything and someone asked her for it, she gave it to them. She was loving,fiercely loyal and a good friend who will be missed. I can fill the hole in my schedule her passing has made. The hole in my heart is another story....she will be missed."

"Linda had three loves in life:Dain,Shelby and Kenzie. She was so proud of all of you-never doubt that."

"I spent many years with Linda Lou when Shelby, Dain and Kenzie were growing up. Our children grew up together and I'm happy to say are still the best of friends and are hanging onto each other and supporting one another in these unbelievably tough days. Linda instilled good qualities in her children like the value of friendship and loyalty. I never had a more loyal friend. I watched her as her eyes would light up at the end of the school day when she would help the kids with homework and proudly display whatever drawings or spelling tests happened to come home with them that day. A wonderful mother and generous to those she loved to a fault. I will miss you Linda. I'm sorry I didn't realize our time with you was so short and I fell short of reaching out to you throughout the years. Kenzie, Dain and Shelby.....my heart breaks for you. Just know you WILL be with her again and she is watching over each of you."

"To My Beautiful Aunt Linda,Though we may not have been close for most of the 26 years ive known you, due to distance and other factors in our lives please know that i loved you dearly and am greatful for every moment that i did have the chance to spend with you. Your laugh, smile, and most of all your amazing hugs will never be forgotten . Thank you for giving me three of the most amazingly beautiful people i have ever met in my life. They are my best friends, my family, my blood and I will always hold them as well as you deep in my heart. I love you forever and always my beautiful aunt linda, and may you be able to find the hapiness and peace you so rightly deserve.Love Forever and Always,Your Nephew Adam xoxoxoxo"

"it was a blessing to have you be a part of one of the best days of my life, my wedding.. i love you more than you will ever know. i wear you on my sleeve forever! if i ever get upset or sad all i have to do is look down and BAM there you are looking right at me... you were an amazing person and i will miss you more than you will ever know.. I LOVE YOU!!!!!! never lose touch with your family.. in times like these its amazing how close we all really are! "

"Linda was like a second mother to me for many, many years. She was an amazing mother and friend that you could talk to about ANYTHING. My heart aches for her family, her children. I will miss you, Linda. May you rest in peace and shine down on us everyday."

"momma, in an instant you became my best friend. we built a bond that was so incredibly special to me. i will never forget the moments we shared, the tears we criend and the laughs we had. you had the biggest heart of anyone i knew...i don't think i trul truly loved anyone the way i loved YOU. words can never describe how much you meant to me. i hope you are living the happiest life yet shining down on your three favorite people. please know how much you meant to everyone. if heaven is as beautiful as you then i cant wait to be a part of it. "beautiful like a brand new home" mom, i miss you. and i love you more than you will ever know. "

"I am so sorry I missed out on meeting this beautiful person. Kinzie, now I know where you got your beauty, inside and out. I told Abby this on our last day together, "no one loves you like your mom". I hope you know that too...She will be watching over you that I am sure of. Thinking of you and all of your family, love Linda and Mark"

"Linda, unfortunately we never got to meet in person, I only got to hear your laugh over the phone....I just want to thank you because you have given me a best friend, one of the most amazing people I have ever known, and I know she got a lot of her greatness from you; I know this because not only would Kenzie say so, but she would share with me the advice you would give her and the talks you two would have...she loves you so very much. Linda, you were always on her mind. I am just happy you got to see your son get married and that you raised three children that stick together like glue (because of this they will make it through this heart break together). Sleep easy Linda, once again thank you for giving me my beautiful friend. Sincerely, VPG"

"I am truly heartbroken over the loss of my cousin, Linda. Even though I had not seen her in a while, I will cherish the last time I did see her... Have never been hugged, kissed and told I was so much in one, one hour period. I have so many memories... she truly was a big sister to me growing up. I remember the day her and Kenzie, Shelby and Dain showed up at our door, fresh from Canada... Kenzie just 2 I think... Linda was an amazing person with an amazing heart, and full of love... and a damn good cook!!! Lots of love to Kenzie, Shelby and Dain... we are here for you, we are family and love you. Linda, I rest well, knowing what a good person I have down shining on my. The night I heard the news, and I was heading to spend the evening with family, mourning your loss.... I was driving, remembering you.... suddenly the most beautiful sunset parted the clouds, and church bells were ringing outside... couldn't imagine anything more perfect! You will be missed and I love you."

"Linda, you have been such an amazing person to me. You welcomed me into your family with open arms. As I told Dain, Kenzie, and Shelby I do not have one bad memory of you. Christmas Eve last year Dain and I got engaged and we came to your place to share the news. You already had tears in your eyes as we walked in, which then made me cry. I have never had someone hug me so tight and warm as you did. Infact, the night before our wedding you made me cry while we were practicing. I think we have something in common, we are sensitive. To have you at our wedding and see you dance with Dain is such a great memory that I will always cherrish. On my wedding day I gained a husband, two sister-in-laws, and an amazing beautiful mother-in-law. Please watch over all of us while you are up in Heaven. Dain loved you very much. Thank you for being such a great mother-in-law. You will be missed. Love you. *Perhaps they are not stars, but loved ones shining down upon us to let us know they are happy.*"

"Linda,I have met you only a few times and I have seen the way you look at Dain, Shelby and Kenzie and I can see the love you have for them ( they are 3 of the most amzing people i have ever met). Just this past Sunday I was looking at pictures from the wedding that Aleia had sent to me and the ones of you and Dain dancing brought tears to my eyes because the way you looked at him was just so priceless, so perfect. Seeing the pictures just reminded me of how special that day was not just for Aleia and Dain but for you....now those moments and that day will have even more meaning, because you were with us. I know that your kids are going to miss you, and we are all at a loss for losing someone so beautiful, kind and caring...I know you will be waiting with open arms. May you rest in peace.Love Always,Abbey"

"Words can't describe the feelings that I have right now. Linda was someone I knew I would love forever. She was one of my best friends and confidants. Over the past 10 years Linda and I shared a very special friendship. I could tell her anything. I can't even count how many nights her and I stayed up talking about anything and everything. Including how much she loved her kids. Dain, Shelby, and Kenzie I am so so sorry for your loss. I loved Linda like a Mom and I am crushed. I can't even imagine what you are going through. The one thing that makes me feel better is knowing that she is watching down over all of us, and she is in a far better place than we could possibly even imagine. I will always remember how caring, passionate, kind, and selfless she was. I love you so much forever Linda Lou!!!! Cha Doi. Until we meet again in heaven........."

"Linda was always a bundle of laughs and funny stories. She watched our kids, Nate, Kim, and Emily. She could not forget that Emily wanted to hold her gold fish--and ended up carryng it in her pocket. Needless to say, the fish was dead. Linda, you will be missed."

"Aunt lala, We will miss you so much! We will love forever. We had so many great memories with eachother. We can't wait to see you again.We love you so much and you will be in our hearts forever. We love you.Carly and Darby Durr."

"Linda, there was always something you asked me to do. Take care of your Dain Dain. That is a promise i will always do for you. "

"i love you."

"I met Linda when I started working at Grinders, and we clicked right away. We became good friends, In fact she was my best friend at work. I really admired her, she was like another big sister to me I will miss her very much and never forget her. She was one tough cookie and I admired her soo much. I also know her children were her pride and joy she loved and will keep loving them forever. Rest in peace my dear friend. "

"I only knew you five short years , but it seemed like a lifetime. We had alot of good times lately at work and shopping for Dains wedding. Work doesn't seem the same without you there ,it's so strange. I miss you already. "

"Hey Lou-Lou....yesterday was a perfect day outside-your kind of day....I could here you saying "Why are we all in here when it is so gorgeous outside?" Gosh, five days in heaven and you're already in charge of the weather! I didn't even put you in charge of the produce order for five years! Looks like they have already found your talents! Lou-Lou you would have been so proud of the kids ...they are going to be fine....they don't know that yet...but they have each other and they have your strength and that will get them through.....And I might add that Dain chose well with Aleia...she's just what he needs. Kenzie has a keeper with James....and Nate was so tender with Shelby that it warmed my heart. So rest well my friend...you did good."

"Aunt LALA,I love you sooo much! You will always be in my heart. I have had so many great memories with you and i love you! It doesn't seem real and it is hard to believe that your gone. I will always love you. I can't wait to see you again You are always in my heart, every day of my life. I Love you so much! R.I.P.Love Always,Your Baby Girl"

"Linda Lu, You truly loved your kids unconditionally I wish my own mother loved me just a 1/4 as much as you loved your kids. You truly knew what life is about and that is family. Linda like your pillow on your couch says love makes the world go round and now your gone I think the world isn't goin around as fast as it was when you were here because you truly were filled with LOVE.... Linda I cant wait till we meet again and I can get a BIG HUG and tell you I LOVE YOU ps... I'll take care of your Sugar Bear!!!!! I promise"

"MOMMA, I miss you so much. I cannot find the right words to express how sad I am that you are not here anymore. I feel lost without you. I love you so much, please know that. I am so sorry mom. You were such a wonderful person and mother and I would give anything just to be able to see you again and kiss and hug you again. I would do anything just to hear you tell me that you loved me. You were so good at expressing to Dain, Kenzie and I how much you loved us. Mom i know that you are peaceful now, but I wish you were still here. Please watch over me and Dain and Kenzie. Kenzie and I would have never been able to do this without Dain. He is the strongest person I know and I have you to thank for that. I also thank you for giving me an older brother to look after me and a younger sister who is my best friend. Mom promise that when it is my time you will be waiting for me. I am not nearly ready to leave this world yet, but when it is time I can't wait to see you. I will look forward to it my whole life. Help us get through this please. I love you sooo much, and i miss you so much. xoxoxoxoxoxoox("

"Linda, I can't even begin to explain the void of not having you at work everyday. I wasn't there for the past year and a half, but we did have ALOT of memories!! I remember our times of working in the kitchen together, you wouldn't measure any of the salads. LOL! You would just throw it all together, even if it wasn't a spice that needed to be put in there, it would still come out tasting absolutely fabulous! We would play soccer with the stale bread and the honey mustard buckets....lol....on saturdays when we were bored, then that would last like 5 min b/c you said we had alot yet to still get done!! I can say this now b/c you can't get in trouble for it!! Seriously though.......you thought the world of your children. I hope that i can give Aislynn as much love as u did for dain, kenzie and shelby! You were the prime example of how much love a parent should have for their children......the infinite degree!I spilled ranch all over the boards at work yesterday. I half expected you to come over and start laughing at me with tears in your eyes!!! Instead of swearing and getting mad at myself, I just looked up and started laughing out loud!!!! You always made fun of me for the messes that I made, cuz i would be stubborn and not wait for you to fill the bottles w/o a drop of mess!!You were a great friend, wish we had more time with you, you are truly missed!!!"

"Linda, let me into her home and treated me like one of her own children. Instantly I saw how much love she had for those she cared for and how unconditional it was. She was always willing to do anything within her means to make those around her happy. I quickly found that her most prize possessions where the pictures of her children and all the good memories they had together. My only hope is that Linda knew how much she was appreciated and how great of a mother she really was. The proof is evident in the character of her children. We will miss you linda and thank you for everything you did. "

"We would like to express our deepest sympathy for your loss. The loss of someone close is difficult to bear. It is our hope that you know that we care. The Bible brings sure comfort for all the ones we have lost and answers such questions as: Why do people grow old and die and What happens to us when we die? God promises a time when death will be no more and this is found at Revelation 21:4 which reads: "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning, nor outcry, nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." I hope this brings you some comfort."

"Auntie La La,Where should I start? Long days at the Carmel Racquet Club pool, hole-in-wall sandwiches for breakfast, tag in the back yard, Easter egg hunts (that Dain always won), and getting me out of trouble in high school...the list goes on of wonderful (and life saving) memories I have of you. You and your heart reached out to me and my family a number of times. When Mom and I had nowhere to go after moving back from Pennsylvania - you moved us right in and on top of that made Christmas just as special for my brother and me as you did your own children. You were the best mother...always listening to your children, always engaging with them, always an active part in their lives. They are very lucky to have you as their mother and influence; as I was lucky to have you as my Aunt. I know they will all take the positivity that you instilled in them and carry it forward with their own children. I know there is a lot of pain you suffered and that you did your best to hide it"

"I still miss you more and more everyday. Please come see me. "

"I have been thinking a lot about you here recently. I miss you so much Linda Lou. I love you."