Linda Jane Lessard

January 5, 1959 - December 30, 2017

Linda Jane (Smith) Lessard, 58, passed away unexpectedly on December 30, 2017. She was born January 5, 1959 in Lewiston, ME to Michael and Jeannette Smith. Linda married her childhood sweetheart, Maurice Lessard on August 25, 1979 in Lewiston, ME, and went on to travel the world with him during his time as a US Marine, finally settling in Barstow, CA. She attended California Baptist University, earning her BA in Liberal Studies, and became a special education teacher at Silver Valley High School in Yermo, CA. She was an avid knitter, and enjoyed trips to the ocean and taking cruises, but her greatest love was spending time with her grandchildren. Surviving Linda is her husband of 38 years, Maurice L. Lessard of Barstow, CA, children Alise Michelson and her husband William of Waianae, HI, Maurice M. Lessard and Rebecca Lessard of Barstow, CA, Grandchildren Isabelle and William Michelson, Maurice M., Jr., Cooper, Emelia and Thomas Lessard, and her parents Michael and Jeannette Smith of South Carolina Services for Linda will be held on January 16, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 505 E. Mt. View St. Visitation will be at 9:30 am, followed by the Rosary at 10:30 am and Funeral Mass at 11:00 am. There will be a reception at the Barstow Senior Center at 1:00 pm (555 Melissa Ave.). Memorial donations can be made to the Linda J. Lessard SPEC Scholarship Fund