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Dolan Funeral Home
106 Middlesex Street
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (978) 251-4041
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Mrs.
Linda Jean (Sandberg) Fall of Chelmsford, formerly of Billerica, MA
passed away on Sunday January 24 after a long illness at the age of 60
at the Merrimack Valley Hospice in Haverhill, MA.
She was the wife of Thomas Fall for 33 years as of April 16, 2010.
Born
in Lowell, MA on April 11, 1949, the daughter of the late Chester and
Edith (Lamond) Sandberg. She was raised in Billerica and graduated from
Billerica Memorial High School with the Class of 1967. She graduated
Magna Cum Laude from Fitchburg State Teachers College with a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Secondary Education and Suma Cum Laude in her
History Minor. She was awarded full membership in the Logos Honor
Society recognizing scholarship in the Field of History.
Linda
worked as an Elementary School Teacher at the Parker Elementary School
and the Pollard Elementary School in Billerica from 1972 until 1982.
Upon being compelled to retire from teaching due to her deteriorating
health, she completed her Certification in Paralegal Studies at
Middlesex Community College, graduating with Highest Honors and
conferred full membership into Phi Theta Kappa. Just prior to her Heart
Transplant in May of 1992, she was one of 20 recipients chosen
worldwide to be awarded the First Joslin Diabetes Center Distinguished
Achievement Award.
Following
her Heart Transplant she and her husband volunteered as speakers for
The New England Organ Bank and Trio (Transplant Interplant
International Organization). She most enjoyed returning to the
classroom to share her personal story as a transplant Recipient with
students at various middle schools and high schools. This brought her
back to her roots and her innate love for children. She also spoke at a
Press Conference held at the State House relating her story in support
of a bill to promote Organ Donation.
To her the Donor Families were always the true Heroes in the story of Transplantation.
She
and her husband became passionate and ardent lobbyists for Health Care
Reform and universal and affordable Prescription Drug Coverage for
Senior and Disabled Citizens speaking with many of our State
Legislators and testifying before the Joint Committee on Health Care at
the State House. Along with her husband, she became two of the primary
catalyst in the establishing of the former Pharmacy Program Plus, a
plan for catastrophic pharmaceutical coverage for Senior and Disabled
Citizens, which has been followed by the current Pharmacy Advantage
Program.
She was an active member of the community and
worked as a Town Meeting Representative in Billerica & Chelmsford
for many years. She formerly served as an Associate Member of the
Chelmsford Commission on Disabilities.
Linda was a member of the
Central Baptist Church in Chelmsford and member of the church's
Deaconate. In her early years she was a member of the Rainbow Girls.
Besides
her husband, she is survived by her brother and his wife, Bruce and
Gertrude Sandberg of Billerica; a sister-in-law Nancy Nickerson and her
husband Robert of Billerica; a sister in-law, Janet Murray and her
husband Therrell of Baton Rouge, LA; her aunt and uncle, Constance and
James Lamond of Somers, CT; several cousins, 6 nieces and nephews; 9
grand nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her niece Julie Ann Sandberg and nephew Mark David Lamond.
FUNERAL NOTICE
FALL,
Linda Jean (Sandberg) Fall of Chelmsford, formerly of Billerica died
Jan. 24, 2010. Visiting hours Thurs. 3 to 7 PM. at the DOLAN FUNERAL
HOME 106 MIDDLESEX ST. CHELMSFORD. Funeral Fri. at 11AM at the Central
Baptist Church, 9 Academy St., Chelmsford, MA. Following cremation, a
private burial will be held at the convenience of the family in Pine
Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford. Memorials may be made in her name to the
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, Inc. 819 Second St. SW Rochester, MN
55902-2985, Merrimack Valley Hospice Home, 360 North Ave., Haverhill,
MA 01830, or Central Baptist Church, 9 Academy St., Chelmsford, MA
01824. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook at
www.dolanfuneralhome.com
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