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john
August 4, 2025
Debbie, I miss my dear sister so much. How is it possible that it's been five years since you left us. Buddy & Lizzie are with you now - Buddy your eternal protector, and Lizzie the howler - all of you are in eternity now. Love you forever.
Donna
March 4, 2022
Happy heavenly birthday Debbie!! I think of you all the time and how I miss talking to you. Today, we would be meeting for lunch to celebrate you like we did every year. I miss you so much my friend. Have a happy birthday in heaven!!
Love you,
Donna
Donna
March 6, 2021
Happy heavenly birthday my beautiful friend. I miss you !!
Donna
March 4, 2021
Happy heavenly birthday my dearest Debbie,
Not a day goes by I don´t think of you. I can´t begin to tell you how much I miss you. Today we would be together like we always were on your birthday whether it was lunch, dinner or even if I just came to sit with you at the hospital like last year. But this year it´s all different. I can only celebrate you in spirit. John is having a beautiful celebration for you today to honor you. I´m sorry I had to miss it since I´m out of town but you are and always will be forever in my heart. I miss you my friend. Enjoy your special birthday this year in heaven.
Love you Deborah !!!
Donna
Dr Michael Cohan
September 27, 2020
Debbie was a patient of mine as well as a friend. She was originally my banker at Chase Bank at least 20 years ago but evolved Into a dear friend.
She was giving towards all the people in her life, and was a great sister, daughter, and Mom to all her dogs!
She fight incredibly bravely against this terrible disease, and maintained her dignity throughout.
She was above all a kind person, and not only I but anyone she came in contact with will miss her greatly.
Rest in peace Debbie...
Donna
September 15, 2020
I met Debbie by trying to locate someone in my area (Central Illinois near St Louis) to rescue a lab. I made a few phone calls to different breeders in our area and one of them gave me her name. We instantly hit it off. We didn’t talk very often but when we did, we realized how much we had in common. She was a kind, carrying, funny and dog loving person who I could call my friend. She taught me how to help those animals that couldn’t help themselves and I will forever be grateful. I will miss our talks, sharing photos of our animals, family and mostly I will miss her. RIP my dear friend. Love and hugs to her family. God has acquired a beautiful angel.
Love always, Donna
Joy Silzer Fitzgerald
September 12, 2020
I knew Deborah from our college days and we remained friends through my marriage and birth of my children. Deb’s holiday parties at her place on Lincoln Avenue were not to be missed! After our kids came and my family moved father away I didn’t get to see Deb often and I’ve missed her and thought of her so often these past years-her laugh, big booming and infectious and her genuine care and outlook toward life. I remember how much she loved her granddad and family and how she loved spending time with you and her friends. She helped all her friends. She found joy in life and always found the good in everyone. She was one of the loveliest and most genuine people I’ve met. She’d breeze into the room hug everyone and the mood was instantly brighter. I’ve thought about her so often and am so very sad to hear of her untimely passing. May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Tony Pigatti
September 9, 2020
Debbie, What I wouldn't give to tell you one more time how lucky I was to have worked with you. You were nothing short of amazing. Your smile, your disposition, EVERYONE you came in contact with loved you. You were so kind and genuine and I will forever be thankful. Your absence will leave a huge void in my heart. I miss you dearly and i was so very fortunate for the time we spend working together. Tony
Donna Scholl
September 9, 2020
Dear Debbie,
This is very hard for me to sit here and write to you. I never wanted this day to come. From the moment we met one another we instantly hit it off. You were the sister I never had. You became one of my BFF’s. We all loved you. You treated my daughters like they were family. You were always so proud of them and happy with their career choices. You were proud with their choices of their husbands and just loved getting to know our little grandson Joey this last year. Even though you were to sick to have met him you loved seeing his pictures and videos and hearing about him. And then there was LaVere, who absolutely adored you as much as you adored him. "DEBORAH" he would scream out to you and you would bust out laughing with that great big smile. I will cherish all our times together. Vacations, dinners, holidays, just sitting home watching a movie and ordering a pizza. I can go on and on with all the memories we made together over the years.
We are all going to miss you. When I say, "miss you," I mean miss everything about you.
I miss your beautiful smile and your hearty laughter, especially when we would laugh for 10 minutes straight about something that only you and I thought was hilarious. That will be etched in my mind permanently.
I miss your wise words because you always knew exactly what to say when I needed your help. I miss your spontaneity. You were always the first who was willing to go on a simple midnight adventure no matter what it would be. You would be like "Yeah yeah lets go..I'll drive'!!!
I miss your hugs, whether they were for a happy reason or a sad one, hugs always made everything better.
I miss your selflessness, always willing to drop EVERYTHING in your life to help someone who was important to you even while being sick. I miss talking to you about important things, but also the most obscure topics we could think of.
I miss your heart because not only were you selfless, you were generous, kind, and loving to all of those around you.
But most of all, I just miss you!
Dealing with death is never easy and everyone deals with it differently, but I certainly have had a hard time coming to terms with yours. I never wanted it to be something I would have to face, but it is and I have to find some way to accept it, if I ever can. I told you when you got diagnosed we were in this together. I would be there for you till the end.
I still have that question that I will never get the answer to.
Why you?
It just doesn't make sense to me that you are gone. I keep expecting you to call me or text me. But I know deep down that's not how this is going to work.
I think most of all I want you to know how much you meant to me. I told you all the time how special you were to me and how much I loved you. I am forever grateful and blessed for your friendship. I truly hope that everyone gets to experience a friend like you as I did.
I wish I had the superpower to turn back time just so I can get one more opportunity to talk to you, tell you everything we all love about you, and tell you how much I appreciated your love and friendship over all these years. I think you knew that, it least I hope you did.
You were, and still are, so loved by many. Even though you are not here anymore, you will always be in my heart. You were such a special friend. You always told me I was your angel and that I was always there for you. Well, DEBORAH now you are going to be my angel. And everyday I will think of all the wonderful times that we spent with each other, for those were some of the best and most memorable times of my life.
I miss you my sweet dear friend & sister. We all love you DEBORAH!!
Forever in our hearts,
Donna, Lavere & Family
Patricia
September 9, 2020
Thinking of the family and wishing them comfort and peace
Marietta Spillone
September 9, 2020
I loved you from the moment we met. You were as beautiful inside as out. A strong courageous fighter with a compensate heart and soul. Debbie you were awe-inspiring and I'm so grateful you came into my life and we were friends.
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