Linda J. Boken of Greenport died at Stony Brook University Medical Center on December 18, 2014. She was 65 years old.
She was born on July 14, 1949 in Greenport, NY to Eleanor (nee Santacroce) and Antone F. Skwara, Jr. and was a graduate of Southold High School and SUNY at Plattsburg.
For thirty years, Linda worked for the United States Postal Service and was the Postmaster in East Marion.
Linda was a communicant of St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church and a member of the East Marion Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by her sons: S. Marc Boken of Ashland, VA and Scot M. Boken of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; her mother Eleanor Skwara of Greenport; a sister Nancie Albertson of Southold; a brother Antone F. Skwara, III of Boerne, Texas and a granddaughter Jocelyn Grace Boken of Ashland, VA. She was predeceased by her father Antone F. Skwara, Jr. on June 14, 2005.
The family received friends on Sunday, December 21st at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, December 22nd at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in Greenport. Father Thomas P. Murray and Father Richard Hoerning officiated. The Rite of Committal was private.
Memorial donations to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Long Island Chapter, 1324 Motor Parkway,