Linda E. (Kent) Rusk, 82 September 10, 1941 - June 25, 2024

HAVERHILL – Linda E. (Kent) Rusk, 82, of Haverhill, passed away on Tuesday, June 25 at her home.

Linda was born on September 10, 1941 the daughter of Reginald and Edith (Dunn) Kent and was raised and educated in Rowley public schools.  Linda enjoyed being a homemaker; she loved to cook and was a devoted stay at home Mom.  She was feisty and stubborn, had no filter and a great sense of humor; liked soap operas, The Golden Girls, and watching WWE. Linda will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother by all those she leaves behind.

Linda is survived by her daughters Susan Rusk of Haverhill, Lisa O’Bara of Amesbury, Mary Rowe and her husband Dutch, Sr. of Haverhill, and Bonnie Heywood and her husband Paul of Hampton, NH. She also leaves behind her brother David Kent of Kingston, NH and her sisters Judy Drew of Kingston, NH, Gertrude Owen and her husband Peter of Portsmouth, NH, and Shirley Laplante of NH; as well as her grandchildren Tricia Tully, Paul Heywood, Jason Heywood, Paul O’Bara, Matthew O’Bara, Dutch Rowe, Jr., and Shiann (Rowe) Woolf, and great grandchildren Briana Tully, Valentine Heywood, Sophia Woolf, Everlegih Rowe, Kyla Woolf, Addison Rowe and Noah Rowe.  Linda was predeceased by her husband Harold J. Rusk, her brothers Robert Kent, Raymond Kent, Reginald Kent, John Kent, Sr., Harold Kent and France Kent, her sister Ruth Brown, and her  granddaughter Alayah Rowe

ARRANGEMENTS: Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Saturday, June 29 form 9AM until 11AM followed by a chapel service at 11AM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Burial to follow at Rowley Burial Ground. Please visit www.comeaufuneral.com or Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook.