Hickey, Linda

Linda M. Hickey, a Cortlandt Manor resident, passed away on Wednesday at her home. She was 61. Linda was a Nurse/Office Manager for Drs. Hickey and Prestiano in Peekskill, retiring in 2005. She was born in Peekskill on October 2, 1950 the daughter of James and Eleanor Lent Travis, and raised by her mother and also her stepfather, Martin Sarko. She graduated from Peekskill High School in 1968. On September 28, 1968 she married James Hickey, at St. Christopher's Church. Locally, she was a member of the Christopher Columbus Society Ladies Auxiliary. Linda is survived by her husband, James and her son Edward, both of Cortlandt Manor; also her daughters, Jolene (Vincent "Boo") Vesce, of Peekskill, and Melissa (Derek) Kisslinger, of Cold Spring. She also has 3 sisters and 1 brother, Barbara Small, Glens Falls, Elizabeth Valentine, Cape Coral, FL, Carol (Joseph) Wilson, Wappingers Falls, and James Travis, of Peekskill, and her grandchildren, Gianna, Vincent, Sophia, Kyle, John, and James, and several nieces and nephews. Linda was predeceased by a sister, Donna Conklin. Visiting is on Saturday from 7-9PM and Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9PM at Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, 414 Washington St., Peekskill, NY 10566. The Funeral is on Monday at 10AM at Assumption Church, followed by burial at Assumption Cemetery. Memorial Donations may be made to the American Lung Associationat www.lungusa.org .