Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Amsden
First Name	Linda
Middle Name	Elizabeth
Maiden Name	Green
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dexter
Date of Birth	1949-10-15
Place of Death	Bangor, Me
Date of Death	2021-01-16
Publication	Rolling Thunder 2021-02-01, p.8
Obituary	On January 16, 2021, Heaven gained an amazing angel as we lost our mother, wife, and grandmother here on Earth. Linda Elizabeth (Green) Amsden passed away at Eastern Maine Medical Center following a courageous battle with Covid-19, at the age of 71. She was born on October 15, 1949 in Dexter, to her loving parents Philip A. Green and Shirley (Doore) Green. She was raised in Dexter with her parents and two older brothers. She graduated from Dexter Regional High School class of 1967. Her high school years included many activities such as the band, where she played the saxophone, the yearbook staff, and the National Honor Society. She won awards for best musician, most talkative, class clown, and most wit! All of us who were blessed to know her can agree that class clown and most wit are attributes that followed her throughout life. After high school, she went on to attend college at the University of Maine at Farmington where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education in 1971. Her first teaching job was in Corinth from 1971 to 1976. During this time, she was extremely proud to be an educational consultant for drug and alcohol counselling. She was a member of the team who instituted Project Graduation in the state of Maine and joined other team members in NYC to teach about this important program on the Today Show. After graduating college, she moved to Newport where she would later marry her wonderful husband and raise their family together. Along with our father, she co-owned and operated L&L Variety as well as owned and operated her own drivers’ education school, Double “A” School of Driving, where she touched the lives of many young drivers. In 1987, Linda joined the staff at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, first as an English teacher then as a math teacher. During her career at MCI she was named the chair of the math department, a title she earned and lived up to, as countless young teachers and students came to her for guidance. Over the years, she has received many cards, pictures, gifts, wedding invitations, and beautiful sentiments from former students commenting on what a positive influence she was in their lives. When she was standing in front of a classroom teaching math on her beloved smartboard to students who wanted to learn, she was happy. Her job at MCI led her to conferences at many locations. She was happy to visit such cities as San Francisco, Nashville (where she visited the Country Music Hall of Fame), and Boston. She was very proud of her work to begin an advisor program at MCI and she earned the honor of the “Herbert Newhouse Faculty Fellowship” award. At around the age of 50, her love for learning took her back to school to earn her master’s degree. Along with working full time and raising two children, she graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a perfect 4.0 GPA and a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology. After retiring from MCI in 2013, after 26 years of loyal service, Mom took a seasonal job as a tax preparer at H&R Block where she enjoyed learning something new and meeting new faces. Linda Is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Lawrence E. Amsden, their daughter Tobrina (Amsden) Snow and her sons Owen “Owie” and Jayden “Boy Baby” Snow; their daughter Amanda Amsden-Bemis, their beloved son-in-law Brendon and their daughters Katelynn “Katelynn Elizabeth Grammie” and Braylee “Girl Baby” Bemis. In addition, she is survived by her brother Ronald Green, Sr. and wife Carole and brother Dennis Green and wife Claudette and a very special aunt, Frances (Doore) Royal as well as her very best friend Joy (River) Moelke and her husband Norbert of NYC. She will be missed and loved by many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. She was predeceased by her mother and best friend in 1997 and her father, her beloved Daddy-O in 2007. When she lost her parents, a part of herself was lost with them. We take comfort in knowing that they are now together again... The hole in our hearts will never be filled and life as we know it will never be the same. We will think of you and miss you with every single day that passes. To honor you, we will do our best to live on as you would have wanted; to take care of Dad, and each other, and your beautiful grandchildren. We all love you with every beat of our hearts and will forever. Our family would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and any other staff at Eastern Maine Medical Center ICU who lovingly cared for our mother/wife during her illness and the final days of her life. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a committal service is planned at the Sweet Cemetery in Atkinson as well as a celebration of life, both at a later date. Arrangements are by Crosby & Neal. This obituary has been abridged (see ellipses)