Linda A. Steadman

1945 - 2019

PORTVILLE - Linda A. Steadman, of 979 Portville-Olean Road, passed away Wednesday (May 8, 2019) at Cuba Memorial Hospital, following an illness.

Linda was born on March 14, 1945, in Bath, Maine. She was the daughter of Franklin T. and Doris Ann Babine MacDonald. On June 14, 1993, at the Good News Chapel in Lewiston, Maine, she married her husband of 26 years, the love of her life, Richard R. Steadman, who survives.

Linda was a graduate of Morse High School in Bath.

She worked as a cashier, for several years, at Burgess Market in Bath. In the early 1980's, Linda drove a food truck on Brunswick Naval Air Station, and worked for Bath Iron Works. She also sold Avon cosmetics, in Bath, for a period of time.

Linda and her husband moved to Portville in 2016. She enjoyed interior decorating, singing country music and listening to classic piano. Linda will be remembered as being energetic and a spunky person.

Along with her loving husband, Linda is survived by four children, Peggy S. Crippen of New Port, Maine, Ray E. Thomas of Phippsburg, Maine, Randy E. Thomas-Garcia of Lincoln, Maine and Tina M. Thomas of Bowdoin, Maine; two stepchildren, Richard R. (Amy) Steadman Jr. of Olean and Amy (Joe) Miller of Portville; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three siblings, Elaine H. Rice of Florida, Thomas J. MacDonald of Middleton, Mass. and Rosalyn G. (Shawn) Moody of New Haven, Conn.; sisters-in-law, Peggy (Jim) Heflin, Shirley (Larry) Riehle, Barb (Dennis) Meyers, Carol (Eric) Schutt and Gloria Seamon; a brother-in-law, Robert C. (Linda) Steadman; and several nieces and nephews.

Linda was predeceased by a brother, George J. MacDonald, in 2010.

Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Lisbon Falls, Maine.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home Inc., 646 E. State St., Olean. Online condolences may be made at LetroMcIntoshSpinkFuneralHome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the to the Bath Area Soup Kitchen, PO Box 65, Bath, ME 04530 or to the Bath Salvation Army, 25 Congress Ave., Bath, Maine 04530.