Dan & Nadia (Wajda) Webber

Nadia Anne Wajda-Webber and her husband Daniel Webber loved their life together and the close friends they had made in Naples, Florida, where they moved a year ago. It was in Naples that the longtime Hudson, NH resident established a dog-walking service, hosted wine tastings at local markets, and began making and selling her own beef jerky. Dan had recently started working part-time at a local Harley-Davison dealership. Dan was also a partner in CollectionDX, an on-line business providing reviews of Japanese Toys. The business brought them opportunities to meet new friends, travel, and work together. They joked about the irony of getting paid to play with toys. It was Dan’s dream job. Nadia and Dan both died in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 31, 2010 in Naples. Although she left us too soon, through her faith, strength and determination, Nadia had overcome some major challenges in a previous life, and she was determined to enjoy every day that she was gifted with thereafter. And she did. With a vengeance. Nadia’s capers with Dan, her family and special cousins, her extended network of friends, her Tuesday nights with Geraldine, and her dogs Sophie and Banjo are among the things she treasured and that brought her to a time in her life where she was truly happy. Nadia died with her arms wrapped around the man she loved with a favorite childhood picture of her and her father in her pocket. Nadia was the baby of the family, born in Lowell, MA on September 16, 1976. She is survived by her immediate family – her parents, John and Geraldine (Lantagne) Wajda of Naples and her siblings and their families: Stephanie and Sean Manners and their sons, Sean and Simon of Pelham, NH; Tori and Scott McNeil and their sons Patrick and Liam of Hudson, NH; Johnnie and Tricia Wajda and their sons Jack Riley and Elliot of West Roxbury, MA. Her many aunts, uncles and cousins are also among a very long list of those fortunate to have experienced, and who will miss, Nadia. Nadia grew up in Hudson, NH and graduated in 1995 from Alvirne High School. She married Dan on April 10, 2006. She loved horses, motorcycles, tattoos, painting, cooking, summers at Moody Beach, and having fun. She hated the idea of sitting at a desk, being bound by schedules, and mayonnaise. If you met Nadia, you remembered her. She would come crashing into you with such enthusiasm and purpose, and in no time she would bring you into her ever-expanding circle of friends. She was never without words- but if she was- she would make some up. While Nadia may have taken a few errant turns along her life journey, she always found her way back home, where her loving parents were waiting for her. Cousin Angela Ricciardi, godmother Vicki Schena, and longtime friend Lindsey Hathway Weaver were constant soul-companions through it all. A horse, a ferret, parakeets, turtles, frogs, a duck (yes, a duck), and her beloved “doglets” are among the menagerie of animals that she cared for here on earth. We would like to invite you to support The Humane Society Naples in her honor. We know she’d think that was pretty AWESOMMMMMME! Visiting hours for both Nadia and Dan will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 4pm-8pm in the Dumont Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Ferry St. (Rte 111) in Hudson. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, November 11th at 10am in St. Kathryn’s Parish, 4 Dracut Rd., Hudson. All are asked to meet at church. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Nadia's loving memory to The Humane Society Naples, 370 Airport-Pulling Rd. N., Naples, FL 34104. www.collierhumanesoc.org