WOOD, Juanita F. "Debby", age 67, of Middletown and formerly of Waynesville, passed away Monday, August 16 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.
Until very recent days, Debby has been working the past 14 years at the Drury Inn & Suites. She previously worked for Lebanon Country Manor and Hawthorn Glen in Monroe for many years.
Caring, helpful, outgoing, independent, and funny, Debby's primary passion was spending quality time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Another of her favorite pastimes in life was playing Bingo and going to casinos. She mainly visited Miami Valley Gaming in Monroe for the slots, but she also visited Las Vegas a few times and took a bus tour to Cherokee, North Carolina to play. While the kids were younger, the many trips to Gatlinburg and to visit the Elvis homestead in Memphis became a family tradition. She loved Elvis so much that she collected a great deal of his memorabilia over the years. Among many things, she will be remembered for one eventful trip to Gatlinburg with the kids when she decided to pull the car over to take a nap, subsequently waking to black bears all around and on their car.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry, in 1993; her parents Jack and Juanita Lillie; one brother Don Lillie; and three sisters Diana Guthrie, Linda Wright, and "Little" Linda Lillie. She is survived by four children Kelly (Khron) Powell, Lisa Wood, Jerry Wood (fianceé Jennifer Wiley), and Ashley (Richard) Curtiss; 10 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and one brother Jack (Debbie) Lillie.
Services are pending at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in Waynesville. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Pastor Donnie Crow will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations and contributions to go toward the funeral expenses directly at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.
Until very recent days, Debby has been working the past 14 years at the Drury Inn & Suites. She previously worked for Lebanon Country Manor and Hawthorn Glen in Monroe for many years.
Caring, helpful, outgoing, independent, and funny, Debby's primary passion was spending quality time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Another of her favorite pastimes in life was playing Bingo and going to casinos. She mainly visited Miami Valley Gaming in Monroe for the slots, but she also visited Las Vegas a few times and took a bus tour to Cherokee, North Carolina to play. While the kids were younger, the many trips to Gatlinburg and to visit the Elvis homestead in Memphis became a family tradition. She loved Elvis so much that she collected a great deal of his memorabilia over the years. Among many things, she will be remembered for one eventful trip to Gatlinburg with the kids when she decided to pull the car over to take a nap, subsequently waking to black bears all around and on their car.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry, in 1993; her parents Jack and Juanita Lillie; one brother Don Lillie; and three sisters Diana Guthrie, Linda Wright, and "Little" Linda Lillie. She is survived by four children Kelly (Khron) Powell, Lisa Wood, Jerry Wood (fianceé Jennifer Wiley), and Ashley (Richard) Curtiss; 10 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and one brother Jack (Debbie) Lillie.
Services are pending at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in Waynesville. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Pastor Donnie Crow will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations and contributions to go toward the funeral expenses directly at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.
WOOD, Juanita F. "Debby", age 67, of Middletown and formerly of Waynesville, passed away Monday, August 16 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.
Until very recent days, Debby has been working the past 14 years at the Drury Inn & Suites. She previously worked for Lebanon Country Manor and Hawthorn Glen in Monroe for many years.
Caring, helpful, outgoing, independent, and funny, Debby's primary passion was spending quality time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Another of her favorite pastimes in life was playing Bingo and going to casinos. She mainly visited Miami Valley Gaming in Monroe for the slots, but she also visited Las Vegas a few times and took a bus tour to Cherokee, North Carolina to play. While the kids were younger, the many trips to Gatlinburg and to visit the Elvis homestead in Memphis became a family tradition. She loved Elvis so much that she collected a great deal of his memorabilia over the years. Among many things, she will be remembered for one eventful trip to Gatlinburg with the kids when she decided to pull the car over to take a nap, subsequently waking to black bears all around and on their car.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry, in 1993; her parents Jack and Juanita Lillie; one brother Don Lillie; and three sisters Diana Guthrie, Linda Wright, and "Little" Linda Lillie. She is survived by four children Kelly (Khron) Powell, Lisa Wood, Jerry Wood (fianceé Jennifer Wiley), and Ashley (Richard) Curtiss; 10 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and one brother Jack (Debbie) Lillie.
Services are pending at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in Waynesville. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Pastor Donnie Crow will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations and contributions to go toward the funeral expenses directly at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.
Until very recent days, Debby has been working the past 14 years at the Drury Inn & Suites. She previously worked for Lebanon Country Manor and Hawthorn Glen in Monroe for many years.
Caring, helpful, outgoing, independent, and funny, Debby's primary passion was spending quality time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Another of her favorite pastimes in life was playing Bingo and going to casinos. She mainly visited Miami Valley Gaming in Monroe for the slots, but she also visited Las Vegas a few times and took a bus tour to Cherokee, North Carolina to play. While the kids were younger, the many trips to Gatlinburg and to visit the Elvis homestead in Memphis became a family tradition. She loved Elvis so much that she collected a great deal of his memorabilia over the years. Among many things, she will be remembered for one eventful trip to Gatlinburg with the kids when she decided to pull the car over to take a nap, subsequently waking to black bears all around and on their car.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry, in 1993; her parents Jack and Juanita Lillie; one brother Don Lillie; and three sisters Diana Guthrie, Linda Wright, and "Little" Linda Lillie. She is survived by four children Kelly (Khron) Powell, Lisa Wood, Jerry Wood (fianceé Jennifer Wiley), and Ashley (Richard) Curtiss; 10 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and one brother Jack (Debbie) Lillie.
Services are pending at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in Waynesville. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Pastor Donnie Crow will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations and contributions to go toward the funeral expenses directly at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.
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