Obituary of Linda L. McAdam

Linda L. McAdam, 67, of rural Tiffin, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Friday, March 20, 2015, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm Thursday, March 19 at the funeral home. Linda was an animal lover throughout her life and always had a soft spot for her "furry kids". A memorial fund has been established in Linda's memory to support the Cedar Valley Animal Humane Society. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Linda Lea Neitderhisar was born November 12, 1947, in Iowa City, the daughter of George V. and Rita O. (Woods) Neitderhisar. Following graduation from University High School in Iowa City with the class of 1965, she attended St. Luke's School of Nursing. She was devoted to nursing and women's health, with a career spanning over 40 years. In Cedar Rapids, she worked Labor & Delivery at both Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals before then working as a nurse clinician at the Family Health Center at St. Luke's. Always an energetic and enthusiastic learner, Linda returned to school to become a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in 1994. Only semi-retired in the last few years, she continued to care for her many patients at OB/GYN Associates in Cedar Rapids. She had resided in Cedar Rapids for years until moving back to the home farm near Tiffin after her parents' deaths. Linda loved living in her childhood home and sharing memories and stories about life on the farm with her grandchildren. Her family and friends were everything to her! Her family includes her two children, Cindy and her husband, Mike Ernst of Minneapolis, MN; and Ryan McAdam of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren, Morgan, Emma, Mackenzie, Hunter, Gavin, and Tiernan.