Deborah Spieker Klein

KLEIN Deborah Spieker Debbie Spieker Klein passed away suddenly Thursday, September 13, 2007, at the age of 57, in Cincinnati. Debbie was the loving wife of Matt Klein. She was the devoted and loving mother of Ben and Aaron Klein. Debbie was the daughter of the late A. Gideon Spieker Jr., and is survived by her mother, Virginia Hayward Spieker. Also surviving are her siblings, Adam Gideon (Skip) Spieker III, Susan Spieker Kenney, Mary Ann Spieker Milne and Henry J. Spieker, and many nieces and nephews. Debbie was a very accomplished golfer and business woman. She was the Maketewah Country Club Women's Champion in 2006 and also President and CEO of RRIS, Inc. Debbie was very involved in the community playing an active role with the St. Xavier High School Women's Club, the Hoxworth Blood Center and working in the After School Care Program for Wyoming Schools. Debbie graduated in 1968 from Saint Ursula Academy in Toledo, and from Ohio University in 1972 with a Bachelors Degree in Communications. Visitation and a memorial service to celebrate her life and to bless her passing will be held at St. James of the Valley Church, 411 Springfield Pike, Wyoming, Ohio, on Wednesday, September 19th, and will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Debbie's vibrant zest for life will be truly missed by her many friends. We know she is in good hands as she joins her Dad on the Fairways of Heaven. Memorials may be made to St. Xavier High School Scholarship Fund, Development Office, 600 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224.