In December, 2004, At the age of 91 (as Kate Phillips) acted in the musical, comedic, and dramatic radio theater stage presentation The Sounds of The Season at the Colonial Theater in Keene, New Hampshire.
(1970s until her death) In addition to teaching at universities in Canada and New Hampshire, Linaker worked with Hampshire Country School for approximately 40 years. She taught English and Drama (sometimes an employee, sometimes as a volunteer) at HCS through much of the 1990s, and remained very involved with the school and the kids at the school until her death. She gave the commencement speech in 1997. Dedicated to the HCS students, Linaker is very fondly remembered by a great many of them.