November 7, 1957 - June 29, 2025
Deb or Debbie, as she was known to her family and friends passed away on June 29, 2025, in Fairfax, VA after a long illness.
Deb was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and grew up in Bel Air, Maryland. After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1979, she settled in Arlington, Virginia where she took a job as a legal secretary at a law firm in Washington DC. In 2000, Deb answered an online personal ad and met her future husband, Ron. They were married in 2002 and settled in Fairfax, VA.
Deb had a wonderful, ever-present smile and infectious personality. She loved to laugh and have fun. She was always up for trying a new restaurant, attending a concert or for a drive in the country to a winery. Deb treasured being a loving, supportive daughter, wife, sister, aunt, niece, godmother and friend to everyone in her life.
Deb had a love for travel, music, food as well as little white rescue dogs. She travelled extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. She was always planning her next trip even before finishing the current one. Her favorite place to travel was New Orleans during their yearly Jazz Festival which she attended over 20 times.
Deb is survived by her loving husband of 23 years, Ron; her parents Les and Margaret Ann Goodwin; her sister Krista Wright; her nieces McKenzie and Katie Wright; many members of her "second family", the Murtaughs; numerous other cousins, nieces and nephews as well as her latest little white rescue dog "Willie Nelson".
No public services are planned. If anyone wishes to leave a remembrance, please consider donating to a local animal rescue group or shelter in Deb’s memory.
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