LInda T. Byun

Linda Truesdell Byun, 67, of Northborough, MA, transitioned at home, surrounded by loved ones, on October 12, 2024. She was born on February 7, 1957 to Kenneth and Mimi Truesdell in Morristown, NJ.

She leaves all the members of her beloved family: her husband Chan Byun of Northborough, MA, sons Kenneth Byun of Portland, ME and Julian Byun of Cambridge, MA, sister and brother-in-law Nancy and Alan Laraway of The Villages, FL, niece Melissa Laraway of Traverse City, MI, nephew Mathew Laraway of Towson, MD, uncle Alan S. Truesdell of Princeton, NJ, cousin and her husband Carol and Eric Fisk and their sons Alan and Harrison Fisk of Rindge, NH, and cousin and her husband Lynn and Mike Pilato of Boynton Beach, FL.

Linda's studies included Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT (1979) and Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, MA (1986). She was a studio faculty, an assistant to Louis Bakanowsky, at The Carpenter Center for Visual Arts in Cambridge, MA (1989-1990) and taught as Adjunct Professor of architectural design and lectured on architectural proportions at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA (2008-2011). She was a Principal and Owner of True North Architecture in Northborough, MA (2012-2024). She also worked with Cooper Robertson + Associates in New York, NY, Cambridge Seven Associates in Cambridge, MA, Payette Associates in Boston, MA, and Skidmore Owings and Merrill in San Francisco, CA.

Linda and her family would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our many dear friends and loved ones who so generously supported us in every way during many health challenges, especially our family physician, Dr. Deborah Hazen. Linda treasured, above all else, the love, laughs, fun, and pure enjoyment of a wonderful life shared with family and friends.