Newfoundland mourns retired teacher killed in Jordan: ‘She was a happy person’
BURGEO, N.L. — Linda Vatcher made the trip home to Newfoundland’s south coast every year, often offering up a hug and a smile to many people she ran into.
“She was just an infectious personality. She was always a happy person,” said Paul Hare, one of her former students and now vice-principal at Burgeo Academy.
Vatcher returned most summers to Burgeo to participate in a cancer relay fundraiser, years after her husband passed away from the disease. It was one of many charities she was involved with in both Burgeo and Corner Brook, where she moved with her husband and two sons more than a decade ago.
People in both communities were struggling Monday after the former elementary teacher was killed in an attack at a tourist attraction in Jordan on Sunday.