Gaffey
SAVANNA, ILLINOIS (AP) - Deborah J. "Debby" Gaffey, of Savanna, Illinois, died on Friday, December 26, 2003, at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois. She was 48 years old.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna on Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. The service is free and open to the public.
Fr. Moises Apostol will perform the rites. The funeral will be held at St. John's Cemetery. John McDonnell, Tom McDonnell, Jeff Jones, Tom Miner, Larry Stebbins, and Lowell Seagren will serve as pallbearers at the funeral. Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna will be open from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2003, and a parish scripture service will be performed at 7 p.m, according to the funeral home's website.
The Debby Gaffey Memorial Fund has been established in her memory.
Omer and Alice (Dodd) Hansen welcomed Debby Hansen into the world on March 13, 1947, in Clinton, Iowa, where she grew up.
She graduated from Clinton High School and went on to attend Clinton Community College, all of which are located in the city of Clinton.
Debby and Thomas M. Gaffey exchanged vows on February 4, 1967, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clinton, New York. In the family firm, Gaffey and Gaffey, Debby was a strong and active partner.
She and her husband, Tom, travelled often and cherished their time in their condominium in Orlando, Florida. Debby's primary focus was her family, and she cherished the time she spent with each member of her group.
Besides being a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna, she also belonged to the Catholic Daughters of America organisation.
Survivors include her husband, Tom, of Savanna; two daughters, Dana (Martin) Wood, of Yorkville, Ill., and Daneen (Charles) Van Hyning, of Naperville, Ill.; a granddaughter, Loren Nicole Wood; a sister, Diane (Jerry) Jorgenson, of Topeka, Ky.; and three brothers, Darrel (Judy) Hansen of Iowa City, Ill., David (Jill) The death of Debby's parents came as a shock to her family.
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