Deborah R. Carpenter
Deborah R. Carpenter passed with peace, grace and dignity on Saturday, April 8, 2017 with her loving husband Tim by her side. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Rupnik, and her father, Frank Rupnik of Canonsburg, PA, and her cousin, Gilbert Dolinar, Jr. of Finleyville, PA She lived her life with strength, kindness, laughter, patience and courage. She touched the lives of everyone who was lucky enough to meet her.
Debbie lived most of her life in the Pittsburgh, PA area, where she enjoyed golf, shopping, cross-stitching, gardening, the music and movies of Elvis, and the love of her husband of nearly 25 years, Timothy Carpenter. She is survived there by her dear aunt, Dorothy Blosel, as well as her cousins Jeffery (Janis) Blosel, Linda (George) Csete, Cindy Dolinar, Gilbert’s widow Marge, and their children and grandchildren.
Deb spent the last 20 months of her life with Tim in Wentzville, MO, where she is also survived by her step-daughter, Kimberly Carpenter, her sisters-in-law Joan (Bob) Dopuch and Teresa (Steve) Teeple, nieces and nephews Michelle (Mike) Gantner, Bryan (Kate) Dopuch, Nicole (Josiah) Merritt, and Chris (Holly) Dopuch, and numerous great nieces and nephews.
There will be a mass of celebration to honor Deborah’s life at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at The Assumption Catholic Church at 403 North Main Street (route M) in O’Fallon, MO. Her family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 at the church.
If anyone wishes to honor her life with a donation to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or the American Cancer Society it would be greatly appreciated.
So sorry for your loss. I really liked Debbie, she was so nice and pretty and smart. I’m glad to have known her.
Debbie was a lovely person and always so nice and helpful to me at work. She saved me more than once! Even in the later years, when our roles no longer coincided, it was nice to run into her sweet smile. Rest in Peace, Debbie. My sympathy to you, Tim, and to the rest of Deb’s loved ones.
Janice
I am so sorry for your loss. Debbie was such a kind, cheerful and lovely woman, and she will be greatly missed.
Dear Tim and all of Debbie’s loved ones,. I am very sorry to hear of Debbie’s passing. She was a lovely, kind and soft-spoken person who was always helpful at work. May the Lord bless you in your sorrow as he blessed you on the day he brought this wonderful woman in your life.
Tim & family,
My condolences to you & your family. Debbie was always such a great person. So sorry to hear of her passing. You guys were great together. You are in my prayers.
Dear Tim, Vic Venezia here, fellow McBride Mick. I want to express my condolences and sympathies for the loss of your bride. All I know is GOD is always good, and praise Him for Jesus, who conquered death forever through His life, death, and resurrection!
Tim, I am so very sorry to hear of Debbie’s passing. There are no words to tell you how my heart broke when I heard. Love and prayers to your family.
I am just seeing this now, Tim. So very sorry to hear about Debbie. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.
Please if anyone can help. I lost touch with Debbie many years ago I am the other baby in our grandmothers arms shown in the wonderful video we were born just a month apart and grandma was the happiest person in the world. We spent most of our childhood on weekends together on Chartiers St in Strabane Pa I am shocked to finally get the news, and to realize that I have survived i would love to communicate with her husband Tim or any family or friends. If anyone could help me connect it might help to fill the large hole in my heart She is also survived by my sister Marlene Dammonn my niece Sharon,her daughter Christina and her daughter Abby 3 yrs old . Please help if you can and may God bless you all
Harry
I am so very sorry to hear of Debbie’s passing. I was a childhood friend and neighbor and have tried for years to find her. So sad to connect this way. She was always a lovely person, even as a child. The pictures brought back a lot of memories. It would frustrate me that we could play in the dirt all afternoon and I would look like Pigpen while Debbie was always pristine and immaculate. Never could figure out how she did that. I did wondered Harry why you were not listed in the obituary. I know Debbie spent a lot of time with you and was very fond of you. My condolences to you and all of her family. God bless.