Obituary for Linda Higgins
Linda Joyce Ribucan Lindsay Higgins
November 24, 1948 -September 28, 2021
Linda Higgins, 72, passed away on September 28th, 2021 surrounded by her loving family: Husband Joseph Higgins, daughter Michelle Lindsay, grandson Jordan Moore, and her 98 year old father Florencio Ribucan. She was predeceased by her mother Joyce Marjarie Enriques Ribucan.
Linda was born in Paia, Maui and grew up in Hamakuapoko (H-Poko). Although Linda was an only child she flourished and was surrounded by a community that included her uncles, aunties, the Enriqueses, and the Ribucans. She attended Hamakuapoko elementary school, Paia school, Holy Rosary school, and was a proud member of the St. Anthony Girls High School class of 1965.
Linda is most known for her work at Seabury Hall. She began her time at the school as a secretary in 1980. She was offered the position of school librarian in 1981 which she accepted and held for over 30 years. While she was working at Seabury Hall she helped plan the school's new library and earned her masters degree in information science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1991.
In her later years, she married her highschool sweetheart Joseph Higgins and became a
step-mother to four sons and daughters-in-law and grandma to 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
November 24, 1948 -September 28, 2021
Linda Higgins, 72, passed away on September 28th, 2021 surrounded by her loving family: Husband Joseph Higgins, daughter Michelle Lindsay, grandson Jordan Moore, and her 98 year old father Florencio Ribucan. She was predeceased by her mother Joyce Marjarie Enriques Ribucan.
Linda was born in Paia, Maui and grew up in Hamakuapoko (H-Poko). Although Linda was an only child she flourished and was surrounded by a community that included her uncles, aunties, the Enriqueses, and the Ribucans. She attended Hamakuapoko elementary school, Paia school, Holy Rosary school, and was a proud member of the St. Anthony Girls High School class of 1965.
Linda is most known for her work at Seabury Hall. She began her time at the school as a secretary in 1980. She was offered the position of school librarian in 1981 which she accepted and held for over 30 years. While she was working at Seabury Hall she helped plan the school's new library and earned her masters degree in information science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1991.
In her later years, she married her highschool sweetheart Joseph Higgins and became a
step-mother to four sons and daughters-in-law and grandma to 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.