She was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Aloysious and Florence Wrobel on June 13, 1948.

After graduation from Central High School, she attended Ball State University and St. Frances School of Nursing in Trenton, New Jersey.

She worked as a Clinical Nurse Educator for the Henry J. Austin Health Center in Trenton; a job she took much pride in.
Linda and David were married on August 15, 1970, in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, in South Bend.