Linda Jayne Dertinger Nelson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Ellsworth and Ruth Erdman Dertinger. In her childhood, she lived in Maryland, Indiana, New York and Massachusetts. She graduated from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts in 1966. Soon after, she moved with her family to Southern California. She spent most of her following years in California, with the exception of a year in Michigan and several years in Reno. She had lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years, the last 23 years in San Carlos.
Linda raised her two daughters as a single mother and she took care of her mother, affectionately known as Mango, for the last 20 years of her mother’s life. Linda had worked as a medical assistant in several doctor’s offices and for Lynch Circuits and Stanford University, and she had been a personal assistant for a Stanford professor. She was a volunteer for The Family Tree resale shop in San Carlos. Linda was an animal lover who was devoted to the many cats and dogs she had over her lifetime.
Linda was warm and generous with her love, time and money. The most special loves of her life were her grandchildren Jack,Julia, Sam and Lily. She hosted many amazing dinner parties over the years, often serving dishes that harkened back to growing up on the east coast, or Mango’s Germanic roots. Linda always showed up for her family; attended many soccer, baseball, and football games over the years, danced at weddings, anniversaries, graduations, and bar mitzvahs, and loved to celebrate. She always remembered to send birthday cards, and had an open door policy for nieces, nephews, and dogs alike. Linda supported every cause that she could, giving to local fundraisers, national disasters, and animal sanctuaries regularly.
Linda will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Tina Nelson and Sarah and Oak Dellenbach; her sister and brother-in-law, Dana and Joel Letvin; her brother, Rick Dertinger; her grandchildren Jack, Julia, Sam and Lily Dellenbach; many loving nephews and nieces; and her dog, Molly.
In Linda’s honor, the family suggests donations be made to the Peninsula Humane Society. You also may consider signing up for organ donations through your state driver’s license agency and donatelife.net. Linda had received a kidney donation from her brother which gave her many additional years of life.
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