Debi Coleman

Still miss her. Terribly.

I was very sorry to hear of Debi Colemans passing. I met her in 2013 and had helped her out with some real estate in Cranston that she had decided to sell at 259 Norwood Ave. For the second year in a row I saw that the holiday card I sent to her at her Portland Oregon home was returned with no forwarding address. I had a feeling something was amiss, and when I googled her, I was very sad to have found her 2021 obituary online. She had come to my office to discuss the Norwood Ave. property...

Presente', Debi Coleman!

Debi -- unique, brilliant, funny, loud and blunt, generous, caring. She was a part of our family life almost as soon as she moved here from California. It started with introducing her to First Thursdays. We would drive, Dennis would let us out, he would park and by the time he got in she would have made her purchases. Despite that, she always called him her "art consultant". She went with us tour son's band gigs. Mark had t vouch for her age once - they weren't going to let her in. ...

My condolences to Debi's family and friends. She attended one of my writing classes at Marylhurst University, where she produced exceptionally perceptive poetry and prose commentaries. She also recruited me to teach business writing for employees at Merix, where I enjoyed interacting with individuals whose backgrounds ranged from HR, security, engineering, data processing, and marketing to ESL.

My prayers for comfort and peace for Debi's family at this time. I fondly remember Debi's time on the board of Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington. She was a generous benefactor and gracious hostess for several parties for we fellow board members, and she had a wicked sense of humor. The world needs more like her.