Linda Wade

Linda "Cookie" Stephenson Wade, 75, peacefully passed away at her home on October 4, 2016 in Beltsville, MD after a long illness. Linda was born January 21, 1941 in Dunn, NC. She grew up in Washington, D.C., graduated from Anna Burdick Vocational High School and used her secretarial and administrative skills in various employments. She was a secretary for several U.S. government agencies and an office manager for a data processing company. Also, she was an office manager and executive assistant for several CPA firms. She left the corporate environment in 1996 to work from home while caring for her mother until her mother's death in 2003.

Linda was very involved in the community and with her children; Girl Scout Leader, Women's Athletic Director for Langley Park Boys and Girls Club, Softball Coach and mentor to many. Linda remained active for many years, playing softball, bowling, and enjoying BINGO. She was an avid reader, loved to play cards, scrabble and computer games; anything to stimulate her mind. She enjoyed feeding and watching the birds and loved to be surrounded by plants and beautiful flowers. She was a rock to her children; kind, loving, and quick-witted. She will be remembered by many and greatly missed.

Linda is survived by her three children: Linda Wade Kiang, Sandra Ann Wade, and David Milton Wade, III; her four grandchildren: Stephanie Ann Kiang, Kathryn Leigh Kiang, Christopher Wade Kiang, and David Milton Wade, IV; as well as a large, extended family and many friends.

Linda is predeceased by her loving husband of 28 years, David Milton Wade, Jr; mother, Thelma M. Burdis and her husband Alvin C. Burdis; father, Roger Stephenson; and brothers S. Thomas Stephenson, Roger (RJ) Stephenson, and James G. Stephenson.


Viewing to be held at Gasch's Funeral Home 4739 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20781 on Monday, October 10, 2016 from 11 AM until service time at 1 PM. Interment immediately following at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood, MD 20722.

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