Linda L. Hoyt, 71, passed away peacefully at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin on Saturday morning, January 18, 2020. Born in Barre on March 25, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Guy M. and Hesta M. (Nelson) Livingston. On November 18, 1967, she married Pearl B. Hoyt in Waitsfield.
Linda was a member of the first graduating class from Harwood Union High School in Duxbury (1967). As a young woman she was employed several years at GW Plastics in Randolph as a machine operator. Following, she worked first for the Central Vermont Community Action Council in the Head Start Program and then later in housekeeping at the Powderhound Inn and Condos as well as several other Mad River Valley lodges. More recently she was happy and busy as a homemaker. Linda was a longtime dispatcher for the Mad River Valley Ambulance Service and in her leisure time she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles.
Linda is survived by her husband of 51 years, Pearl B. Hoyt of Graniteville; their children, Tina Darrow and her husband James of Fayston, Hesta Hoyt and her companion John Hathaway of Groton and Bentley Hoyt of Barre; two grandchildren, Kayla Darrow and Niklaus Hathaway; a sister, Paula Livingston of Fayston; two brothers, Michael Livingston and his wife Delora of Randolph and Patrick Livingston of Fayston; as well as extended family. Linda was predeceased by a son, Guy E. Hoyt, on June 5, 1990.
A graveside service will be held from Irasville Cemetery in Waitsfield this spring on a date and time to be announced. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Mad River Valley Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 305, Waitsfield, VT 05673. Assisting the family is Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences visit www.perkinsparker.com or the funeral home Facebook page.
