WAHL, Debby Marie 1954-2010
WAHL
Posted By: Karen Robertson
Date: 1/27/2010 at 13:03:28
NORTHWOOD, IOWA - Debby Marie Wahl, 55, of Northwood, died Monday, January 25, 2010, at her home in rural Northwood.
A funeral service for Deb will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church, 309 North Ninth Street, Northwood, with the Rev. Daniel R. Hart officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. South, Northwood. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Friday at the church.
Debby Marie Wahl was born on October 30, 1954, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the daughter of Dewayne and Mavis (Hillman) Roppe. Deb was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation at the First Lutheran Church in Northwood. Deb attended Northwood-Kensett Community Schools, graduating from Northwood-Kensett High School in 1973. Deb also graduated from the Iowa School of Beauty in Mason City in 1989.
Deb was united in marriage to Claire Wahl on April 7, 1973, at the First Lutheran Church in Northwood, and to this union, three children were born; Rusty, Ryan, and Robby. After their marriage, Deb started her own beauty salon, called D.W. Originals in Northwood in 1990. In 1996 she moved her salon business to her home in rural Northwood.
Deb enjoyed flowers, going to and participating in tractor pulls, being a hostess to many fashion shows, having her own 4th of July parade float in Northwood with her grandchildren and singing at many weddings and funerals. She and Claire enjoyed getting together with her many friends in Mason City, and going to nursing homes to sing to the residents, but her great love and enjoyment was her family, grandchildren, and many friends.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Claire Wahl, of Northwood; her children, Rusty (Jennifer) Wahl of Northwood, Ryan (Jennifer) Wahl of St. Ansgar, and Robby Wahl of Northwood; six grandchildren, Sydney Harris, Nicole Wahl, Abigail Wahl, Cody Wahl, Reese Wahl, and Emersyn Wahl; her father, Dewayne Roppe of Northwood; her sisters, Julie (Dennis) Gore of Albert Lea, Minn., Bonnie (Charles) Hengesteg of Northwood, Mary Willand and special friend, Mike Davey, of Northwood, and Amy (Daryl) Hennigar of Northwood; a sister-in law, Jeanette (Larry) Berge of Northwood, and brother-in-law, Russell (Jan) Wahl of Sausalito, Calif., and a brother-in-law, Charles Henderson, of Lake Mills; many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.
Deb was preceded in death by her mother, Mavis Roppe, on January 15, 2009, a sister-in-law; Corliss Henderson; and her father and mother-in-law, Ray and Fern Wahl.
Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, 641-324-1543; www.colonialchapels.com .
[Globe Gazette online, January 27, 2010]
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