Linda Kinsman, mother and student

Linda Ann Kinsman, a mother, student and Con Edison supervisor, died on Friday evening, Dec. 1, at Danbury Hospital. She was 38, the wife of Edward Kinsman and lived on Mountain Road.
Mrs. Kinsman was born in the Bronx, N.Y., Dec. 18, 1961, a daughter of Frank and Ruth (Larocca) Nicotra, both of Pelham Manor, N.Y. She attended St. Claire’s School in the Bronx, graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School and Fordham University, and was enrolled in the MBA program at Mercy College Graduate School when she died.
She was a customer service supervisor for Con Edison of New York.
Mrs. Kinsman moved to Ridgefield six years ago from Cortland Manor, N.Y. She was an active member of the American Cancer Society of Fairfield County and was an award recipient as well as being named honorary chairperson of the society’s 2000 Dreamer’s Ball.
She was also a member of the Ridgefield Newcomers Club and of St. Elizabeth Seton Church of Ridgefield.
Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Ann Kinsman and Victoria Grace Kinsman, both of Ridgefield; a brother, John Nicotra and his wife, Lisa Nicotra, of Minneapolis, Minn.; her father-in-law, Edward Kinsman of the Bronx, N.Y.; a sister-in-law, Kathleen Salvemini and her husband, Dominick of Northport, N.Y.; a brother-in-law, Kenneth Kinsman of the Bronx, as well as two nieces, Tara Salvemini and Valerie Salvemini.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday morning in St. Elizabeth Seton Church on Ridgebury Road, with burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Friends were received in the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street, on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Contributions in Mrs. Kinsman’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 372 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897.