Linda Kandarian Ryan of Duxbury, 58, died on April 24 following a brief illness.  She grew up in West Hartford, Conn. where she graduated from Hall High.  She then graduated from Elmira College in upstate New York and received her Master’s Degree from the University of Hartford.

Mrs. Ryan began her career as an elementary school teacher in upstate New York and moved to Boston to teach at the Kennedy Hospital School for Children. Shortly afterward she accepted a position in the publishing industry with D.C. Heath Co.  In 1996 Houghton Mifflin Co. bought D.C. Heath, and she became a national consultant for the Elementary School Division, McDougall Littell Co.

Mrs. Ryan joined The Junior League of Boston where she began many years of volunteer service.  She served on the League’s executive committees and received both the Volunteer Recognition Award and the Sarah Lawrence Award for her contributions to the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.  She also served on the board of the Boston Junior League Garden Club.  Her volunteering for the arts extended to the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum School. Her club memberships included the Marshfield Country Club, the Green Harbor Yacht Club and The College Club of Boston.   She was an organizer in Trinity Spirit at Trinity Church Copley Square, Boston, where she and her husband, Jim, were married  in 1997.  Her church membership extended to St. John The Evangelist in Hingham. Mrs. Ryan loved to travel, and  ski with her husband, Jim, and daughter, Franci.

Mrs. Ryan leaves her husband Jim; her daughter, Franci; her parents, Albert and Lillian Kandarian of West Hartford, Conn.; a brother Steven, and his wife Stephanie of Summit, N.J.; two nieces, a nephew,  and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Visiting hours continue Wednesday, April 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the MacDonald Funeral Home 1755 Ocean St (Rte 139) Marshfield.  A funeral service will be held at St. Johns Evangelist Church, 172 Main St, Hingham on Thursday April 30, at 11 a.m. There will also be a service held on Saturday May 2, at 10:30 a.m. in the Taylor and Modeen Funeral Home 136 South Main St, West Hartford, Conn.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to The American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St Framingham, MA. 01701  For online guestbook and directions please visit macdonaldfuneralhome.com.