Rosemary McLinden Hudson, 97, died in Southbury, CT on 2/13/2023. Born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC 3/11/1924, she lived in Stewart Manor, NY; Ridgefield, CT; and Southbury, CT.

In Jamaica, she attended Our Lady of Lourdes School and earned her RN at Mary Immaculate Hospital Nursing School. She married Joseph J. McLinden shortly after the end of WWII, with the headline: ARMY HERO MARRIES NURSE.

They settled in Stewart Manor, LI, NY, and Ridgefield CT. A single mother, she brought her four sons through adolescence, while nursing at General DataCom and Hubbell, Inc. She moved to Southbury, CT. Thrice widowed, she also married William Cosgrove, and H. Newt Hudson.

She was a member of the Association of Occupational Health Nurses, the Food and Nutrition Committees both at Heritage Village and Pomperaug Woods; and the Alleluia Choir for funerals at her Sacred Heart Church. A rabid bridge player, she was a member of The Bridgettes, as well as other groups.

She was a great fan of the big bands, many of whom she saw and danced to in the great hotel ballrooms in New York. She loved to travel particularly to Europe, and she celebrated her 90th birthday in Paris. Her devotion to her faith and her knowledge of health and medicine guided friends and family.

The daughter of Cunigunda and George Kunkel, she leaves five children: Maureen (McLinden) Doyle of Boston; Joseph J. McLinden and his wife, Robin, of Hurst, TX; Thomas V. McLinden and his wife, Peggy, of Stowe, VT; Michael G. Mclinden and his wife, Theresa, of Winchester, MA; and the Rev. Paul F. McLinden and his wife, Charlotte, of Pamplin, VA. Predeceased by her grandson, Travis McLinden, she leaves ten grandchildren: John (Sean) Doyle, Kathleen (Doyle) Crimi, Heather Ball, Clara (Mclinden) Ballin, Amanda (McLinden) Doskocil, Dr. Gretchen McLinden, Kayla (McLinden) Boelter, Sebastian McLinden; Victoria McLinden, and Rachel McLinden and seven greatgrandchildren. She leaves her brother, Thomas Kunkel, and her sister, Claire (Kunkel) Getchell, and was predeceased by her brother, George Kunkel.

A Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Church, Southbury, on Fri, 2/17 at 11:00 am with visitation in the church chapel at 9:30. Interment, for family members only, will be at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY.

Munson Lovetere Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. To leave an online condolence please visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com