Beloved wife, mother, grandma Linda and forever best friend. Love will forever remain in all our hearts. Beautiful Linda was born on April 1,1941 in New Rochelle, NY, to parents Alfred and Antoinette Jarvis. She worked at AT&T and then spent the rest of her career in serving the public, where she loved talking with everyone she met. She fell in love with her devoted husband and partner Nicholas Leondakis. She is the love of his life and vice versa; they have stood the test of time as a team. Her beautiful smile and kind heart amazed all in her life. Always calm, smiling, graceful, strikingly beautiful and impeccably dressed. Linda was deeply family oriented, and loved sharing love of life and home, with those she loved.
Linda and Nick lived together for a brief time in Mount Vernon, NY before moving to Stony Point unknowing that the path ahead would be filled with love and honor, but also with many challenges. She will reside in the hearts and minds of her surviving children, their spouses, sisters, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren forever. Daughters Maria Furci, Melody Lake, Dawn Norris-Green; sons Joseph, Edward (predeceased) and Dean Allen(predeceased) Norris; son in laws Michael Furci and Roger Lake; sisters Anne Marie and Geraldine; grandchildren Maria and Christopher J, Christopher, Nicholas, Joseph, James, and Junior Norris; Kason and Latifah Green, Enrico Mezzone, Michael Furci; and several great grandchildren and neices. Linda's children will forever remember a childhood that would have never been the same without their Mom. She raised them to be independent, grateful and respectful and to be fully capable of caring for their own families with her love and guidance. There was no problem or need that she couldn’t fix, lend advice, always elevating every moment over whatever struggle she was facing at the time. Linda's grandchildren and great grandchildren will love Grandma Linda eternally and they will continue to appreciate her love as they grow. Grandma Linda showed her grandchildren and great grandchildren love, thoughtfulness, patience, hug each other always, and genuinely smile from the heart and they loved and adored her in return. Holidays gatherings with family were very special for Linda and will be dearly missed. These moments will always bring the tears of being loved to our eyes. Forever our Linda, Mom, Grandma Linda and our Best Friend.
"I am going home” and “I love you all forever." - LN
The viewing ceremony will be held on Friday, February 3, 2023, from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm. at the Higgins Funeral Home in Stony Point with the burial at Brick Church Cemetery, Saturday, February 4, 2023, at 10 am.
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