Obituaries in Hyannis, MA | Cape Cod Times (2024)

Linda C. Morin, a resident of Marstons Mills for the past 49 years, died peacefully on September 12, 2023, surrounded by her family.

Linda was born on April 30, 1940, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Roy T. Cowing and Thelma E. Heidel. She was the oldest child followed by a sister Pamela and a brother Roy, Jr. Her father was a business executive so the family moved several times, during her early years. Linda lived in Lynnfield, Mass., summered at Lake Wequaquet, and while in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended junior college. When she returned to the new family home in Wilton, CT, she went job searching. During an interview, she met Robert Conway, and they married January 24, 1962. They began their family in Connecticut and then moved to Cumberland, Rhode Island. While visiting the Lake Wequaquet house in 1974, they found the house of her dreams. Until her death, her favorite spot was in her chair looking out over the deck to watch birds and see them bathe in the bird bath, feed at the birdfeeders, the hummingbirds were her favorite, watch the squirrels run along the deck and the railing, the occasional bunny feeding on the lawn and any other critters that passed through her yard all the time surrounded by four walls of photographs of her family.

Linda blossomed in motherhood and was the perfect companion to her banking husband. She celebrated every happy occasion and holidays—decorated the house, baked cookies and German fruit cake, made individual cards for family and friends, and opened her home for all to enjoy.

As the children became school age, she became involved in the schools and after school activities. She became a den mother, worked on local town committees, and was extremely involved in the Quarterback Club and Barnstable Little League.

In 1977, she decided to go back to work and became the Secretary in the Superior Court Probation Services. In the mid-1980s, Bob was being treated for cancer, both on Cape and at Massachusetts General Hospital. In January 1989, he succumbed to the disease. Linda lost her best friend and love of her life from which she never recovered. Several years later, another good friend, Red Morin, lost his wife and in comparing their grief they found a common bond and married in 1991. He died in 2017.

Phyllis Day returned to Superior Court as Clerk and, in 1992, Phyllis submitted Linda’s name to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to be her First Assistant Clerk and was approved. They met at the Court upon Linda’s employment and continued their friendship and devotion to each other until the day of her death. Linda took over the criminal side of the Clerk’s office and thrived in this position. Linda was sworn in three times as First Assistant Clerk for Barnstable County. She was held in high esteem by sitting justices, several Superior Court Chief Justices, the prosecutors in the District Attorney’s Office and members of the criminal bar. One of her worst days was when she put in retirement papers to leave the job and the place she loved.

Retirement brought her a new purpose in life. Her sister Pam was diagnosed with breast cancer and Linda was free to spend some quality time with her during her illness. Grandchildren were arriving with great regularity, and she had lots of love to bestow on them. She thrived as a babysitter, as a coach at childbirth, as a driver, teaching her granddaughter to sew, as the proud grandmother at school events, at dance recitals, at award dinners, at basketball games and tournaments and happy to drive to Plymouth to take care of a family dog. In her last days, she became her therapy dog.

Her marriage in 1992 brought her to the Cotuit Federated Church. Religion was very important to Linda all her life. She served as a Deacon, ran the Sunday School, headed various committees for the Church and Stephen Ministry. Once again, she had found a position that satisfied her need to do good things for people, help them in good times and in bad, and to deeply delve into the written word of the Bible. She found peace and solace in the written Word and strived to live by those words. Zoom allowed her to attend weekly Sunday services, as well as the Wednesday Prayer Group. This was her salvation during the pandemic and recuperation.

Linda survived two bouts of breast cancer: the surgeries, the chemo, and radiation. She was proud to be a cancer survivor and took the annual check-ups seriously. As she aged, other medical conditions would appear and she was thankful for the medical care she was receiving. At the time of her death, she was recovering from a recent surgery.

She is survived by her brother Roy Cowing; son Richard Norman and spouse Cecilia; son Gary Conway and spouse Lisa; daughter Cynthia (Cindy) and spouse Robert Lovell; daughter Kristin and spouse John Kesten; son Glenn Conway and spouse Amy. She is also survived by grandchildren—Curtis, Kyle and Eric Norman; Jill Conway; Brock Conway, Robert Lovell, Casey and husband Daniel Snell, and step-granddaughter Amy Lovell; Samantha and spouse Patrick Matthews, Taylor Melchiono; Thomas and Harry Lanman; and, Michael, Caitlin and Madison Conway. At the time of her passing, she had four great grandchildren. She also is survived by her sister Pam’s children: Tracey and spouse David Fitzmorris, Timothy and spouse Marla Kalkus; Trent and spouse Erin Kalkus; as well as 2 great nieces and 3 great nephews.