Linda Ellen Aasen

Linda Ellen Aasen 1949 - 2009 DALTON Linda Ellen Aasen, 59, of 345 Red Barn Road, Dalton, died Saturday, March 28, at home, where she had resided since 2005. Prior to that, she had resided in Yorktown, Va., and Newport News, Va. Born in Bayside, Queens, N.Y., March 30, 1949, daughter of the late Ralph and Hilde Sigle Aasen, she was a 1967 graduate of Bayside High School and graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton with a bachelor of arts degree with a major in psychology. Miss Aasen was employed as Personnel Recruiter for The Lee Group, a staffing agency, in Newport News, Va., where she worked for 15 years retiring in 2004 due to ill health. She enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening and plants, and was very fond of her dogs. Miss Aasen leaves a brother, Ronald C. Aasen, and his wife, Sandra, of Dalton; an uncle, Robert Sigle of Coos Bay, Oreg., a stepbrother, Wayne Travers of Patterson, N.J., and a stepsister, Diana Lucanto of Naples, Ind. FUNERAL NOTICE: Services will be Thursday, April 2, at 5 p.m., at DERY-FOLEY FUNERAL HOME, with the Rev. Bryan T. Lamberton, Pastor of Berkshire First Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Calling hours will be held Thursday, from 3 to 5 p.m. prior to the service at the DERY-FOLEY FUNERAL HOME. Burial will be private in Ashuelot Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Miss Aasen may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in care of the Funeral Home, 890 East Main Street, Pittsfield.