Linda (Engel) Labonosky
1949 - 2025
Linda (Engel) Labonosky, age 76, of Cromwell, passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on February 26, 2025. She was born on January 23, 1949 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Linda attended Cromwell High School where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Bill Labonosky. While raising their family in Cromwell, Linda worked at the Edna C. Stevens Elementary school for 31 years, serving as a reading interventionist and teacher’s aide for many children with different needs. She dedicated these years to this important service, and loved it. She was also an active member of the union and the union president for the teacher’s aide unit for a number of years in the Cromwell school district.
Linda enjoyed camping with her family, burying pots and pans to find for the next camping trip, sitting by the fire and talking, and playing cards. She weaved beautiful baskets, spent time gardening and growing her own vegetables with her husband, and she loved cooking healthy food for her family. She also enjoyed baking muffins, pies, cakes and cookies, especially tons of Christmas cookies that she shared with family and friends! She was known to take in rescue dogs that were sick or abused, and took care of them until the end. She loved to go on walks and hikes and enjoyed nature. She loved to decorate and bake for every holiday. She enjoyed the simple things in life with a kind and light-hearted spirit, and a lot of laughter. She will be remembered as unselfish, loving, and caring by all who knew her.
Linda is survived by her husband, William Labonosky, two children Charlotte Giaccone and Stephanie Messing, and their spouses Michael Giaccone and Christopher Messing, 3 grandchildren, William Giaccone, Alexander Giaccone, and Flora Messing, two sisters Catherine Bacon and Francis Frazier, and brothers in law James Frazier and Calvin Woolley. She is preceded in death by her sister Rose Ann Woolley, brother- in -law Robert Bacon, and parents Walter and Rose Engel. She will be met with open arms in heaven by many more loving family members and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 10:00 am at St. John’s Church, 5 St. John Court in Cromwell. Burial will follow in Cromwell Hillside Cemetery West in Cromwell. Family and friends may call on Friday, March 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the Cromwell Funeral Home, 506 Main Street Cromwell. In lieu of flowers, donations in Linda’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at act.alz.org . To share memories or send condolences to the family, please visit www.doolittlefuneralservice.com .