Linda Murgo

Linda Carolyn (Ouellette) Hosford-Murgo, 78, formerly of North Attleboro, Warwick, RI, Rockledge, FL and most recently of Attleboro entered into eternal life on Friday, November 4, 2022 to live forever with Our Lord.

Previously married for 20 years to the late Walter F. Hosford and beloved wife of Joseph L. Murgo for the past 22 years.

Born in Attleboro on August 24, 1944, the eldest daughter of the late Ovila H. Ouellette and Laurette M. (Forget) Ouellette. A parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church in Attleboro, Saint Kevin’s Church in Warwick, RI where she and her husband Joseph were choir members for over 15 years. After retiring from her 30-year nursing career, she worked for the Providence Catholic Diocese as a secretary and office manager for Saint Rita Church, Oakland Beach area of Warwick, RI for two years, leaving due to medical health.

At age 5, her parents moved from Attleboro to North Attleboro where she was educated at Sacred Heart School, graduating in 1959 and then graduating from North Attleboro High School Class of 1963. She was on the drill team in high school and “loved to twirl the baton, she started baton lessons at the age of 7, and was a baton twirler for the 1st grade music band. Linda was a member of the NAHS drill team for all 4 years of high school. She marched in many North Attleboro parades, with the NAHS school band. Linda loved music and was in many choirs in her lifetime, including the children’s choir of Sacred Heart School.

Upon graduation from NAHS she entered Long Island Hospital School of Nursing in August of 1963, graduating as an LPN in December of 1965. Linda was a member of LPN Association of Massachusetts and staff member of Long Island Hospital for several years, until her marriage to Walter Hosford. She was a devoted nurse and loved helping the elderly and multi handicapped children. Linda worked for the BICO program for several years with early childhood care in the Mansfield school system. She worked at the former Ridgewood Court Nursing facility on George Street, Attleboro for over 16 years. Linda was well known in the Attleboro area where she worked, including for the VNA of Attleboro as a part time “float nurse”.

Linda was a Den mother of the Cub Scout Pack #32 of Attleboro for several years, also, a member of the Annawon Boy Scout Council. She taught CCD at St. John’s School, Attleboro and St. Mark’s Church in Attleboro Falls for many years.

While living in Warwick, RI she worked part time in various nursing facilities and was the charge nurse for the Cornerstone Adult Day Center in the Apponaug section of Warwick, RI for several years until injuries sustained from an auto accident in 1997. Linda was forced into retirement after the accident, unable to continue her nursing duties. She then attended Johnson and Wales College, under the AARP program and received a certification in computers. While living in Rockledge, FL, Linda attended Brevard Community College and completed her computer studies. She then obtained an office position with Dermatology of Florida in the Cocoa Beach area, working as an office nurse and assisting the dermatologist with medical procedures. Linda loved the animals she had in her lifetime, especially the Shih-Tzu’s dogs all adopted from shelters.

She was the beloved mother of two sons, Thomas F. Hosford of RI and Christopher W. Hosford and his wife Lori of Attleboro; her loving daughter, Heather L. (Hosford) Uriot and her husband Fred of Attleboro; her brother Paul L. Ouellette and his wife Christine (Zalumsky) of Greenville, RI; her two sisters, Susan L. (Ouellette) Clark and her husband Ronald of North Kingston, RI and Elaine M. (Ouellette) Walker and her husband Thomas of Attleboro; her cherished four grandchildren, whom she is so very proud to had been called “Grandma” by Shane Uriot and his partner Brittany Morris, Kendra Uriot and her partner Wojeich Iwaniec, Amanda Hosford and her partner Leo Tyler and Evan Hosford; her great granddaughter, Olivia Tyler; her sister-in-law, Laura Ouellette of North Attleboro; also, 4 nieces, 3 nephews, 1 step nephew, 3 great-nieces and 3 great-nephews.

She was the brother of the late Donald O. Ouellette.

Private funeral services will be held.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Linda’s name may be made to the St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital at https://www.stjude.org/ or HopeHealth Hospice Care at https://www.hopehealthco.org/