Passed away peacefully at the Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony on Jan. 6, 2012, Mrs. Linda Colbourne of St. Anthony, NL, in her 79th year. She leaves to mourn with a lifetime of fond and loving memories sons Ford (Rita), Wesley (Elizabeth), Oscar (Patricia), Warrick (Agnes), Alvin (Carol), and Derrick (Donna); daughter Denise (Jim); 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; sister Jessie and a large circle of family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband George, her father and mother Warrick, and Catherine Hewlett, sister Stella, brother Wesley, brothers-in-law Edward, Ford, and Roland. Visitation was held at the funeral home, followed by the church service at the Salvation Army Church in St. Anthony at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8 with Majors Dinzel and Kathleen Baggs officiating. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Kerry M. Fillatre Funeral Homes Ltd., St. Anthony and Roddickton, Lee Nippard, funeral director.