Sincerest of condolences to the family and friends. May she, rest in peace. Lest we forget. 🌺

The lord called you home too early.
Casey and Amanda may the beautiful memories of your mom and dad give you peace and comfort during these difficult times. We share in your sadness as you remember your loved ones and celebrate the beautiful life & love they shared for each other and for the two of you.

Lynie, You are a woman of good courage and I admire your faith. No word can describe all the pains and sufferings you had experienced yet you keep on believing that God is so good and He knows  your pain.  Thank you for the friendship. Your memories will live forever in my heart. 
From: Lota Leynes

Till we meet again Len! 
My deepest condolence to Amanda and Casey.

Having lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory in San Diego. 
You were both very good friends and I was treated like a sister. 
I am forever grateful for knowing you both. 
Rest in Paradise! Love ❤️ you both.

I came to see you in San Diego and spent some time with you and Amanda and Leo.

I will treasure this memory of you. We’ve been friends way back on Guam then to California.

Lynn and the entire Bactad family,

I want to start by saying that the family you have created, nurtured, and flourished has been such an integral aspect of my life that, long ago, I stopped considering the Bactads as friends, and instead elevated your standing in my heart as an extension of my own family. The selfless nature of your family has always been demonstrated through your willingness to accept me into your home and provide hospitality to myself and many of your son's friends. Your willingness to share with others your home, your kindness, and especially your cooking, will always be a lesson to me in regards to what it means to be an exemplary human being. If every person in the world shared your selflessness, your values, and your hospitality, then Earth would be one step closer to resembling Heaven. I will always cherish the hospitaly that you and your family has graced me with during the defining years of my youth. In my own life I will continue to strive to grow into a person that resembles even a mere fraction of the person you were. Living examples of the values and morals you embodied continue on within the souls of your son and daughter, and, in my opinion, are enough to elevate the entire world with their mere existence to a better state that makes life worth living for the rest of us. Beyond your selfless nature and your unjudging acceptance of others, I will sincerely miss your culinary skills. I think it is safe to say that your cooking and willingness to share your culinary creations with others was demonstrative of your soul's eagerness to share your love and affection with others. You were an absolutely wonderful mother to your children, that much I have witnessed myself, but more than that you were a mother to us all. I pray that we all can become a person resembling your character in our lives, but more importantly I pray that you are in a better place, a place fitting of someone of your character that can only be described as Heaven.

Mama Bactad,

You showed us your love not only through your words, but through the food you made. Food was how you expressed your care—for your friends, your family, and even for strangers. I think that’s how I knew I had been truly welcomed into the family—not because you asked what I wanted to eat, but because whenever I casually mentioned a craving or a dish I liked, the next time we visited, it was already waiting for us. There was always one to enjoy at your table, one to take home, and one to share with my parents.

You truly touched the lives of those around you with your love and your cooking.

Thank you for all the delicious meals and the memories we shared around the table. Thank you for passing your recipes on to your children so we can continue to enjoy them. Thank you for the laughter and the stories. And thank you—along with Papa Bactad—for raising such a wonderful man, the one I’ll love for the rest of my days.

Although there was still so much left to say, I will always cherish the memories and the meals. I hope you and Papa Bactad are enjoying heaven, in the house he built just for you, watching over us while sharing a delicious meal together that you prepared with all your love.

You are forever in our hearts.

OBITUARY

Lynie Cabral Bactad

3 August, 1966 – 25 April, 2025

Halverson, Stone & Myers Mortuary

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