A Celebration of Life visitation for Deborah Sue ‘Debbie” Boehle, 60, Baldwin City, will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory.
Debbie passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born Nov. 26, 1952, in Big Spring, Tex., the daughter of Richard Paul and DeLoris Mae Weeks Hunt. She graduated from Lawrence High School.
Debbie worked as a toll collector for the Kansas Turnpike Authority for many years. She enjoyed bowling, baseball, and watching her grandkids play sports.
She married William A. ‘Bill’ Boehle on Jan. 11, 2001, in Eudora. He survives of the home. Other survivors include a son, Shaun Tate and wife Beth, Aledo, Tex.; a daughter, Danielle Emanuel and husband Drew, Omaha, Neb.; a step son, Larry Foland and wife Wendy, Olathe; her mother, DeLoris Gordon, Lawrence; a brother, Rick Hunt and wife Marty, Mauldin, S.C.; two sisters, Patty Faulkner and husband Len, Albuquerque, and Cyndi Rodriguez and husband Stan, Topeka; and six grandchildren, Roch Emanuel, Nate Tate, Marissa Robinson, Miranda Robinson, Emma Foland, and Kaylor Cruz.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.
Bill & family Bob & I visited with Debbie at her home on 1-14-13 for about an hour.We loved her, she was so strong with this couragious battle. for so long. Love Carolyn Bignall-Topeka, Ks.
Debbie will always be an inspiration to me. I am blessed to know her and her family during these years. She always had a smile and we enjoyed a chat whenever I saw her at the booth, or LMH, or the Baldwin Diner. May our Lord bring your family peace and hope and strength at this time, until we can all meet again and share life that everlasting life without pain and hardships. Rest in peace, Deb.
debbie was kind and always had a smile on her face every time i saw her. i so blessed to have met her and had time to spend with her. she will be missed. my thoughts and prayer are with bill and the family.
Dani and Tony, our prayers are with you and
all of Debbie’s family and love ones. She fought a brave fight and now may she rest in peace and your memories of Debbie be a comfort to you. Tom and Dee
I am so sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in God’s Word where He promises soon that “death will be no more.” (Revelation 21:4)
Sis, I love you and will miss you so much.