Linda attended Morse High School in Bath. In 1964, she married her soul mate, Lafayette Wallace, and the couple resided in Phippsburg to raise their family.
Most knew her as “Nana.” When Linda was not taking care of children or grandchildren, she enjoyed knitting, sewing and quilt-making. She loved listening to music and watching her greatgrandchildren dance. On Sundays she could be found playing bingo with her friends and testing her luck on scratch tickets. Her most precious moments were those spent with family and friends.
Linda was survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Laura and Robert Ridgewell of Small Point; her children, Holly Wallace and husband Philip of Phippsburg, Troy McNeill and significant other Gerry Christopher of Phippsburg, Todd Wallace and wife Billie-Jo of Brunswick, Abby Wallace and fiancé Ronald Coulombe of Brunswick, and Jennifer Gonyea and husband Christopher of Bowdoinham; her grandchildren, Megan Doughty Rogers and husband Ethan, Philip Wallace, Todd Wallace and wife Jenny, Katie Breck and husband Jesse, Brian Doughty and fiancée Katie Pinkham, Laura Morgan, Timothy Morgan, Maggie Wallace, Benjamin Wallace, Olivia Doughty and Emily Wallace; her great-grandchildren Brayden Ward, Jackson Reno, Lilly Breck, Emma Rogers, Lucy Ryan and Kadence Doughty; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband Lafayette Wallace, sister Sarah Wallace, sister Regina Gilliam and nephew Bobby Ridgewell.
A graveside service and celebration of life will be held in June.
To share your thoughts and condolences with the family, please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com.
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