In Memory

Deborah Wiatt

Memorial services for Deborah May Wiatt, 50, Bloomington, Ill., formerly of East Moline, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis, and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Unitarian Church, Bloomington.

Burial will be at a later date. There is no visitation. Memorials may be made to the Rape Crisis Center through PATH in Bloomington.

She died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001, at Illini Hospital, Silvis.


She was born July 30, 1951, in Moline, the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Nicholson Wiatt.
She was employed as a census taker for the U.S. Census Bureau.

She worked with the Rape Crisis Center in Bloomington, where she was awarded a plaque from the state for 25 years of service.

Surviving are her mother, Dorothy, Hillsdale; brother and sister-in-law, Jeffrey and Danielle Wiatt, Hillsdale; life partner, Cathy Ahart, Bloomington; niece, Angela Thorngren; nephew, Derek Rogers; and great-nieces and -nephews, Jordan, Kyle and Emily Thorngren, Matt and Tom Murphy, and Adam and Addison Ahart. Her father, Joseph, preceded her in death.



 
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10/14/09 02:17 PM #1    

Rita Davis (Watson)

Debbie sat in front of me in Mr. Miller's English class. When i said I had to write an after-dinner speech, she said, "You need to write about the immorality of fairy tales. Snow White and 7 old men. That sort of stuff."

So I did. The speech won a few awards in contest that year. Debbie, with a smile, said that when I became famous I should give her credit for the idea. Neither one of us became famous over that speech but I give her full credit for a good idea!

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