Deborah Kenner-Sanchez
Deborah Ellen Kenner-Sanchez, 67, of Upper Sandusky, passed away peacefully at 2:32 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Riverside Methodist Hospital surrounded by her family.
Ten years following her brother, Charles and Wilma Kenner finally gave birth to a beautiful girl on March 14, 1957. She was always so proud to share her birthday with Albert Einstein, therefore, claiming to be the “smartest” in the family.
On a chance blind date, Debbie met Arnulfo Sanchez and later married on June 2, 2000. He survives.
She had a deep love for friends and family and is survived by her brother, Dan (Kay) Kenner; nephew, Jeff (Krista) Kenner; niece, Melissa (Scott) Johnson; step-sons, Jason (Gwen Newhouse) Saum and Arnulfo Jr. (A.J.) (Christine) Sanchez; and many great and great-great nieces and nephews.
She dearly missed her parents and a great-great nephew who preceded her in death.
Debbie graduated from Mohawk High School in 1975 and was an advocate for keeping her class reunions and “Ladies of ’75” still together. She then graduated from Bowling Green State University. Her love for children took her to Marion City School where she taught math and then became a high school guidance counselor. She took every opportunity to help kids succeed in school while teaching life lessons along the way.
Debbie was everything to everyone. When she met you and by the end of the conversation, she knew where you lived, where you grew up and about your family, she knew no stranger. Her favorite things were having pool parties, cookouts, dancing, playing cards, telling jokes, sudoku, writing poems and music and making vegetable soup. She even had a poem book “Sunrise to Sunset” published.
Family and friends may visit and bring their stories to Walton-Moore Funeral Home in Sycamore, on Wednesday, April 17, from 3-7 p.m. A funeral will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, April 18, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Steve Sturgeon officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore.
Memorial contributions can be made to No One Fights Alone, Wyandot Memorial Hospital Oncology Department or St. Jude Children’s Hospital in care of Walton-Moore Funeral Home, P.O. Box 350, Sycamore, OH 44882.
Online expressions of sympathy can be made at waltonmoorefuneralhome.com.
