Obituary of Linda Russell

Linda Russell (Ayoung-Chee) died peacefully in her room at her nursing home (Northridge Long Term Care) on Saturday, June 20th, 2020 in Oakville, Ontario at the age of 70. She was diagnosed with brain cancer also called lymphoma of the brain around 1984. Her will power to survive for the sake of her two small children helped her win the battle with brain cancer but ultimately lead to dementia in her later years which is what she ended up passing away from. Linda is survived by her children, Amanda Russell-Boyd (Husband, Che Boyd) & Justin Russell; granddaughter, Nia Boyd; siblings, Milton Ayoung-Chee, Selwyn Ayoung-Chee and Wilson Ayoung-Chee. She is preceded in death by her father Samuel Ayoung-Chee & Merlyn Ayoung-Chee (Tang Chow).Linda was born on December 15th, 1949 in Siparia, Trinidad to Samuel & Merlyn Ayoung-Chee. She attended primary school at St. Joseph’s Convent and received a recommendation from the Faculty of Natural Sciences (St. Augustine) and was awarded the. St. Catherine’s Twinning Committee Prize for the Faculty of Natural Sciences. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA degree in Math & Science. She left Trinidad and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1970. She officially became a Canadian Citizen on August 7th, 1992. Linda worked for Telco for 5 years, moved to Ottawa to work with Bell Canada as a Project Manager in Network Services and transferred back to Toronto until she retired in 1995. She was married to James Russell on January 9th, 1979, and even though they are separated now, they remained amicable. In 1980 the couple welcomed their daughter Amanda into their home and in 1981 their son, Justin was born. Linda set about teaching them importance of moral, values, work ethics, family and responsibility. Her children remember her as a kind, gentle, patient, driven, focused, stubborn, loving, giving, selfless mother who encouraged them to pursue their goals and inspired them everyday to do better and be better. Linda was accomplished at mathematics and was a whiz at numbers. She was a generous, smart, witty, fun and dedicated individual who loved murder mysteries, Western & kung fu movies, gardening, crossword puzzles, dancing to her soca music and who was passionate about creating a beautiful life for her family, raising her children and being there for her parents, brothers and friends. She was an active and dedicated member of the St. Martin’s church she attended and enjoyed all the family gatherings we had throughout the years. Linda will be deeply missed by her family and friends, and all that knew her. Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday, June 27th at Glen Oaks Funeral Home at 3:00 PM. While we wish we could invite everyone to share in the remembrances, respecting the current situation and pandemic building restrictions, we do need to limit the amount of attendees, a Funeral Service for Linda will be for invited guests only.At this time we ask that you kindly join our family via live stream by clicking on the following link on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.https://www.distantlink.com/DLM77.htmlPassword: Arbor2020We will be arranging a reception for Linda’s 40 days and will provide more details closer to the date. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Canadian Cancer Society at https://support.cancer.ca/. The family would like to thank caregivers and staff at Northridge Long Term Care for their efforts, care and dedication they provided to Linda during her stay. They acknowledge and sincerely appreciate all the love, concern and kindness received during this time of bereavement. May God Bless & Keep You. The Ayoung-Chee & Russell Family.