Debra (Debbie) Dawn Fletcher-Rempel
KSCB News - September 3, 2015 12:00 am
Debra (Debbie) Dawn Fletcher-Rempel, age 60, passed away on Monday, August 31st in Wichita, Ks.
She was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on October 4th, 1954 to Bill and Barbara (Bronner) Fletcher. After her father completed his military service, the family returned to western Kansas where she grew up. She was involved with 4H and started the women’s high school basketball program in Leoti, Kansas. After graduation, she attended Garden City Community Junior College where she played women’s basketball.
Debbie married Marvin James on October 6th, 1973. They lived in Garden City, when their children, Fletcher and Tonya were born. After a number of years in Garden and Dodge City, they made their home in Meade. Debbie owned and operated The Farmer’s Daughter gift and craft store for many years. She also worked as the office manager for KJIL radio station and as a bookkeeper/receptionist for DeLissa Ford.
Debbie was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, Marvin. On July 4th, 2007, she married Walter Rempel and they made their home on Walter’s farm southeast of Meade and were members of Emmanuel Mennonite church. One of her special delights was spending time with “their” children and all those grandkids! Didn’t quite make it to 12 grandchildren, but she got close with 10 and dearly loved them all!
Debbie was sincere and whole-hearted in her love for Christ and sharing that love with others. In addition to her work, she was the Area Coordinator for a Franklin Graham ministry called Operation Christmas Child. This ministry distributes shoeboxes of bibles, school supplies, toys and games, articles of clothing, etc. to children around the world. Dreams Debbie realized were helping distribute shoeboxes to children in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, meeting Franklin Graham at an OCC conference and visiting the Holy Land.
Her husband, Walter, her children, Fletcher and Tonya, and ten grandchildren survive Debbie. Other survivors include her two brothers, Mike and Greg, and their families; her sister, Pam, and her family; her uncle, Joe Bronner; and three aunts—Marjorie Elliott, Jean Bronner and Helen Fletcher.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 4th, 2015, at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Meade. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Internment will follow the funeral at Graceland Cemetery, Meade.
In lieu of plants/flowers, Debbie’s family requests that memorial donations be made to Operation Christmas Child in care of the funeral home.