Stapleton Family Funeral Home
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Linda Ann Christian RN, BSN, 67, of Rehoboth, MA, beloved wife and mother, died peacefully on May 3, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Staton Island, NY. She was the daughter the late Edward J. and Margaret M. (O'Leary) Pratnicki.

Linda graduated from the Bellevue School of Nursing, NY, in 1981. She practiced nursing at Rhode Island Hospital for many years in the coronary care unit and later as a cardiovascular nurse clinitian.

She and her husband Fredric V. Christian, reciently celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. Besides her husband, Linda leaves two sons; Christian and his wife Kathleen of Waltham, MA, and Marc E Christian of Philadelphia, PA.

Her life will be celebrated Thursdayfrom 4-8pm in the Stapleton Family Funeral Home, 684 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI. A memorial Mass will be celebrated Friday at Saint Margaret Church, 1098 Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford, RI at 10 am. Entombment will be at Saint Ann Cemetery, 72 Church Street, Cranston, RI.

At the family's request, in lieu of flowers, donations in Linda's memory may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168 www.dana-farber.org/gift or the RI Comunity Food Bank, 200 Niantic Avenue Providence, RI 02907 (www.rifoodbank) www.rifoodbank.org