Linda Kessler Fishman ’56

Linda Kessler Fishman ’56, of Bloomfield, Conn., and Charlestown, R.I.; July 23, of pancreatic cancer. She rejoins her husband of 64 years, David Fishman ’56, who passed in January, and whom she deeply missed. They met in the Brown bookstore on the first day of their senior year. Their fate was sealed in an English class they shared when David sat down next to her on the day the professor declared that these were now assigned seats for the semester. They were married shortly after graduation. After a brief time in Buffalo, N.Y., they moved to Bloomfield and (mostly) lived there and in West Hartford, except for summers, which they spent at their beach house in Green Hill, R.I. She and David loved that house and that beach and gathered family and friends there for most of the rest of their lives. She was an excellent cook, baker, and gourmand. She was always game for lobster rolls, oysters, and dessert, especially cookies. Linda and David were inveterate world travelers and lovers of opera. She was generous, kind, and slyly funny. During her last illness she was lovingly cared for by her son Douglas, his wife Dena, and grandchildren Zoe and Lili Fishman, who loved their grandma very much (it was a mutual love-fest). She is survived by her son, Douglas Fishman ’81 and his wife; daughter Sarah Boyle ’89, ’96 MD and her partner; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; siblings and in-laws; and numerous nieces and nephews.