Linda Lee Fernandez, 81, of Ankeny, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at Bickford Cottage in West Des Moines, Iowa. A visitation will be held on Monday, March 3, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the Baxter Congregational Church in Baxter, Iowa. Immediately following her visitation, funeral services will begin at 12:00 p.m. with Benjamin Spera officiating. Her burial will be in Restland Cemetery in Baxter. Linda was born on September 10, 1943, in Newton, Iowa, to James and Margie (Stinson) Mullihan. She grew up on the family farm outside of Collins. Linda attended Collins High School where she graduated with the class of 1961. Following school, she worked on the farm, and eventually went to visit a friend in New York and while there met Steve Fernandez. The couple married and moved to Florida and started a family together. Linda wanted to raise her children in Iowa so they moved back and settled in Ankeny. She went to work as a payroll clerk for DMACC and stayed working there till her retirement in 2002. Linda enjoyed going to the DMACC Retirement Pioneers events and going to Linda conventions. She loved spending time with her family, traveling with Ron, playing cards especially canasta, gardening, tending to her flowers, cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes, and eating breakfast at anytime of the day. Those left to cherish her loving memory are her significant other of 30 years Ron Gordy; children Robert (Janine Buchanan) Fernandez and Cary (Todd Martin) Birdsall; grandchildren Alysia, Jessica (Pete), Erica, Victoria, Hailey, Riley, and Ava; great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, parents, brothers Larry and Lonnie, and her aunts. Fredregill Funeral & Cremation Care has been entrusted with the care of Linda and her family.