Hometown: Mt. Vernon, Iowa August 19, 1969 - September 11, 2013

Linda M. Dona, 44, of Mt. Vernon lost her struggle with cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, co-worker, friend. She was in every respect an amazing person.

A celebration of life service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation, Iowa. Family and friends may call at Sacred Heart Catholic Church from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Monday, September 16, 2013. Lahey Funeral Home is assisting the family with services.

Linda was born August 19, 1969 in Maquoketa, Iowa to Karl "Chris" and Patricia (Benishek) Dona. She was united in marriage on January 21, 2005 to John Bishop.

After attending AIB she became a certified court reporter. She later received her B.A. from Upper Iowa University. Linda was a certified court reporter for the First and Sixth Judicial Districts of Iowa and for the United States District Court for Eastern Michigan. She later became a closed captioner for the hearing impaired captioning a wide variety of television programming including the Olympics and the State of the Union address. She was past President and Vice President of Iowa Court Reporters Association.

She is survived by her husband and two children; Eva Elizabeth and John Joseph Bishop IV of Mt. Vernon, her parents of Delmar, two sisters; Karla (Greg) Frede of Grafton, Wisconsin, Brenda (Gary) Holderness of Ft. Bliss, Texas, maternal grandmother LaVon Benishek of Wheatland, and mother and father-in-law John (Mary) Bishop of Davenport.

Linda was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, and maternal grandfather.

Memorials may be left for her children's education fund.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.laheys.com