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Deborah Diehl Lt. Cmdr. Deborah Diehl, USN (Ret.), 53, a three-year resident of Maryland, died January 6 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. She was born Sept. 29, 1957, in Chicago Ill., to Don and Jean Tyrrell, and was employed by the U.S. Navy , retiring after 23 years on November 5, 2010 as a Lieutenant Commander, Nurse Corps. In 2007, Debbie went on a humanitarian mission through Central and South America on the USNS Comfort, one of the Navy's two hospital ships. She and her team provided care to about 100,000 patients within four months. She is survived by her daughters - Jenny, 26, and Lauren, 24.
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Gail Hamann (Dempsey)
I never met Debbie in high school, but after she joined our website, we shared a few e-mails back and forth, and I looked forward to meeting her at a future reunion. It's a shame that it will never happen now. Debbie had fallen and hit her head, resulting in severe brain damage and (ultimately) death. It's even more heartbreaking to know that she had just recently retired.
Here is the link to her obituary and guestbook: http://www.kalasfuneralhomes.com/sitemaker/memsol.cgi?page=documents&user_id=300227&MAIN_EVENT=MEMSOL&SUB_EVENT=VIEW_GUESTBOOK