Linda A. (Dawson) Gaudet, age 76, of South Dartmouth, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital just four days before her 77th birthday. She was the beloved wife of Ronald Gaudet with whom she shared 55 years of marriage.
Born in Medford, she was the daughter of the late William Oliver and Isabella Winifred (Smith) Dawson.
Linda was a graduate of Medford High School, class of 1961, and she also graduated from the Chandler School for Women. Ron and Linda met at her first job at the First National Bank of Boston where she was a secretary for an Executive VP. She was a retired secretary of Conservation for the Town of Lexington and CCD secretary for St. Brigid Church.
Linda kept very busy and made many dear friends since retiring and moving to South Dartmouth in 2004. She always looked forward to the meetings of the Padanaram Acres Book Club and Mahjong Group. She enjoyed taking art and theatre classes through Second Half and going to water aerobics classes at Healthtrax or the YMCA. Linda loved to travel. Vacation highlights include a cruise to Alaska, visiting her sons stationed in Hawaii, Paris, visiting England with her sister and a riverboat cruise in Amsterdam during tulip season. Linda gave generously to many charities and always supported the Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Duck Derby. In 2012, she bought several ducks to race in the derby. The duck she named Madge, after Ron’s mother, came in first. She won a dinner for two, anywhere in the world. Linda and Ron turned this prize into an amazing trip to Australia and New Zealand. In 2015, Linda and Ron celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on a family vacation to Rome.
Linda was a member of the Savin Hill Yacht Club and the Beverly Yacht Club. Linda loved sailing and cruised from Maine to Long Island on her sailboat, Bittersweet, the family’s pride and joy. Buzzard’s Bay and the islands were her favorite cruising ground and a swim in Hadley’s Harbor always put a smile on her face. Linda was known to keep the house fanatically clean and delighted in displaying her nutcracker collection at Christmastime. Those on her Christmas card list always received a beautiful, personalized note. Spending time with her family was priority one and she will be deeply missed more than words can express.
Survivors in addition to her husband Ronald, are her two sons, Ronald Gaudet and his wife Paula of Old Lyme, CT, and Bryan Gaudet and his partner Scott Tetreault of Warwick, RI; her brother, Donald Dawson and Jan Parnie of South Carolina; her sister, Marilyn Primrose of Florida; two grandsons, James Gaudet of Old Lyme, CT, and Richard Gaudet and his wife Lauren of Wethersfield, CT; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother, William Dawson.
Arrangements are in the care of WARING-SULLIVAN HOME AT DARTMOUTH, 230 Russells Mills Rd., Dartmouth, MA 02748. Due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions, a memorial service will be held for close family and friends at Waring-Sullivan on March 13, 2021 from 1:30pm – 2:00pm. The service will be live-streamed for those who can not attend. Visitation will follow the service from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Burial is private at a later date. For online Tributes, Directions and LIVE-STREAM, please visit our website at: www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/waring-sullivan.
Linda had a long list of charities she would contribute to. In lieu of flowers, we have chosen two of her favorites. Donations can be made in her honor to the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, at www.dnrt.org or the Make A Wish Foundation www.wish.org.
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