Linda Fisk Fahnley

1941 - 2019  (78 years)

• Name	Linda Fisk Fahnley  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	14 Mar 1941	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Age: 9; Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married
  Residence	Oct 1995	Hope Mills, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA   [4]
  	Linda Ray
  Death	20 May 2019	Hope Mills, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA   [3, 5]
  Burial	Cumberland Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I31130	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Howard Fahnley,   b. 4 Jan 1909, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Nov 1985, Southport, Lincoln, Maine, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Miriam Ruth Fisk,   b. 23 Dec 1920, Northfield, Washington, Vermont, USA d. 19 Oct 1995, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1938	Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Marriage End	Nov 1985	Lincoln County, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Death of William Fahnley
  Family ID	F14922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Scott Craig,   b. 17 Jan 1939, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Jul 2003 (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F14923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	James Kenneth Ray,   b. 23 Sep 1935, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Apr 1991, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage End	1991	Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA   [5]
  	Death of James Ray
  Family ID	F14925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Mar 1941 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Census - Age: 9; Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage End - Death of James Ray - 1991 - Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Linda Ray - Oct 1995 - Hope Mills, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA Death - 20 May 2019 - Hope Mills, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 3303; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 9-61. 1950 United States Federal Census National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 3303; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 9-61 [S371] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Index, 1860-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Index, 1860-1970 [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S4019] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Miriam Fahnley • Boston Globe - Oct 1995 - Page 32, (Name: The Boston Globe; Location: Boston MA; Date: 20 Oct 1995;), Miriam Ruth Fisk Fahnley Obituary. FAHNLEY- of Norwood, formerly of Walpole, South Port Maine, and Arlington, Oct. 19, 1995, Miriam Ruth (Fisk) Fahnley, 74. Beloved widow of William Howard Fahnley and mother of: William Fahnley of Walpole, Rhoda May of N Weymouth, Linda Ray of Hope Mills, NC, Virginia Zavarelli of Delaware and Wanda Barchard of Medford. Also survived by a half sister, Virginia Cioffi of St Albans VT, 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Friends may call at the R.J. Ross Funeral Home. Her Funeral Service will be on Saturday in the funeral home. Burial at a later date at the Rockhill Cemetery in Foxborough. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/132407043/the-boston-globe/?xid=637 Obituary-FAHNLEY Miriam (Fisk) Obituary of MIRIAM RUTH FISK FAHNLEY • The Boston Globe • Boston, Massachusetts • Fri, Oct 20, 1995 • Page 32 [S4020] Legacy: Obituary of Linda Ray • May 2019, (Name: Fayetteville Observer; Location: Fayetteville NC; Date: 22 May 2019;), Linda Fahnley Scott Ray Obituary -- Published by Fayetteville Observer from May 22 to May 23, 2019. Hope Mills—Linda Fahnley Ray, 78, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Miriam Fahnley, her husband, James K. Ray, and her sister, Virginia Zaverelli. Left to cherish Linda's memory are her children; Kim Harfst (Steven), Laureen Olson (Brian), Scott Craig (Stevie), Sandy Swindle (David), Patricia Fuller (Dale), Deborah Tresente (Michael), Christina Canady, and Susan Ray. Mrs. Ray also leaves behind 23 Grandchildren, 22 Great-grandchildren, and her siblings, Rhoda May, William Fahnley (Elaine), and Wanda Barchard. There will be a Visitation for Linda Fahnley Ray on Friday, May 24, 2019 from 6-8 p.m. at Reeves Funeral Home in Hope Mills, NC. The Funeral Service will be Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at Reeves Funeral Home, with the burial immediately following at Cumberland Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville, NC. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fayettevilleobserver/name/linda-ray-obituary?id=9949733 Obituary-RAY Linda (Fahnley) Linda Fahnley Scott Ray Obituary -- Published by Fayetteville Observer from May 22 to May 23, 2019. [S11650] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970