

It was Deb who fell in love on a blind date with her first husband Dale Bowling. It was easy to fall in love with that mischievous smile. If you asked her what she was up to, she’d say, “Oh about 5’3”, a buck thirty.” Deb had a zinger of a punchline for everything, and a story for everybody.

I mean, it was her senior year! California girls are undeniable! And so was Deb. In fact, Deb was PISSED when her dad James Whitlow decided to move their family of four back to his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. One look at her and it’s easy to tell that she was always an easy going, beach-loving, sun-worshipping, quintessential California girl…and proud of it. Actually, she was born in the US Naval Construction Battalion Center Hospital, ‘cause her Marine father worked on base as a cook. Deb was born on a sunny June Sunday morning in Port Hueneme, California in 1956. Which she did to many a nurse at St E’s who dared to utter her full name. And oh yeah, it’s Deb by the way, unless you want her to roll her eyes at you.

Deborah Ann Whitlow was a force to be reckoned with.
