Orlean Anne Linehan, died peacefully November 29, surrounded by her loving family at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Anne Chace in Glen, NH.
Orlean was born in Methuen MA, December 30, 1917. She was the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Savoula) Kostiew. She grew up on her family farm on Brady Ave. in Salem, NH. Orlean and her brothers gathered stones and gravel used to build the East side of St. Joseph’s Church in Salem. She met her husband in the church choir. George served in the South Pacific, while Orlean worked as a galley welder at the Charlestown Naval shipyard. They married on October 27, 1945 and made their home in Salem. After George’s retirement, they built a home in Whitefield, NH. It was a gathering place for their ever expanding family, including the newest additions from Vietnam. They moved to Bristol for a short time, then Orlean lived in Dracut with her daughter Mary. For the past seven years she has made her home in Bartlett, NH with her daughter, Anne.
Orlean was active in PTA, WHS Band Parents Catholic Daughters. St. Joseph’s Choir, and St. Joseph’s School activities. In her later years she was a church organist in Whitefield and Bristol parishes.
Orlean loved her large family, God, her country, and all living things. In her later years, she especially loved playing cards with her great grand children.
Orlean was the most loving mother of Thomas and his wife Veronica of Salem, Sheila Nudd and her husband Bob of Hampton, Anne Chace of Bartlett, Mark and his wife Mary of Glen, Christine of Intervale, Mary Chaput and her husband Ron of Dracut, MA, Lanh Pham and his wife Bich of Salem, Ti Lanh Pham of Portland, OR, and Tanh Pham of Mansfield, TX. Orlean was also the loving grandmother of Sean Linehan, Ryan and Rachel Linehan, Kathleen and Charles Arria, Jason and Tracey Lewis, Erin Silver, Dan Linehan, Lucas and Stephanie Garguilo, Noah Garguilo, Siobhan and Catherine Chaput, Elyse and Marcelino Asado, and John and Michael Pham. Orlean especially loved her great grand children Megan and Emily Linehan, Jacob and Joseph Silver, Joseph and Thomas Arria, Olivia Grace Garguilo, and Xavier and Ryan Lewis.
She was predeceased by her husband George, her son Frankie (Francis Augustine) and her ten siblings.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, Dec. 3 at 10 AM at St. Joseph’s Church, Salem, NH. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Salem. Calling hours are Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 4-8 PM at the Douglas and Johnson Funeral Home 214 Main Street, Salem. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Frankie Linehan Scholarship Fund c/o of Tom Linehan, 151 Lowell Rd. Salem, NH, 03079-4019 or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Northern Carroll County PO Box 432, North Conway, NH 03860.