Linda Ranger
AUGUSTA – It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our dear friend, Linda Ranger. She passed away on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care at Gray Birch.
Linda was born on July 30, 1943, to Marion Augusta Gammon Ranger and Eldon Ranger in Winthrop. She attended Winthrop schools, graduating from Winthrop High School in 1964. She worked at the Winthrop Drugstore in the ice cream fountain and snack bar.
Linda was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Jan. 12, 1963 and was part of the original Augusta Congregation. By 1988 there were three congregations, West Augusta, East Augusta and Monmouth and, living in Winthrop, Linda was part of the Monmouth Congregation.
She did not have children of her own as her fiancée, David Millbank, was killed in a tragic car accident and she never married. She did, however, help raise many children, especially Kirby and Matthew Dill, Amber (Dill) Paradis and Coral (Dill) Otterson. Linda loved the beach and sunbathing. The kids fondly remember walking with her to the Winthrop beach on most summer days. Linda also loved to play games and some of the kids remember playing board games many Friday nights in the laundry room of her complex, sneaking cheese puffs, nutty bars or potato chips – Linda loved her snacks!
Linda will be sorely missed but we look forward to being reunited with her when she is resurrected, young and healthy, in the earthly paradise that Jehovah God originally intended for the earth (Genesis 1:28). This hope sustained her during her final days.
We would like to thank the staff at MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care at Gray Birch for giving Linda a wonderful home for the past eight years. Thank you also to Maine General HomeCare & Hospice for your compassionate were these last weeks.
A memorial service will be held on Oct. 8, 2022 at 1 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 8 Cross Hill Road, Augusta, Maine. Memories and condolences may be shared at directcremationofmaine.com.
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