Debra Dyanne Bolinger of Safford passed away on February 5, 2022. She came into this world feet first, fast, and hit the ground running on August 26, 1976, to Albert and Diane Thornton.
As a child, their family moved around a lot until making Duncan their home. Debra graduated from Duncan High School in 1994. She had numerous jobs throughout her life. The two jobs she loved the most were the assistant manager at Love’s, in Lordsburg, New Mexico, and senior clerk for the leaching department at Freeport-McMoran in Morenci, Arizona.
Debra met her soulmate, Ronnie in 2004, and they were married in Las Vegas in June of 2005. Debra never had children of her own but loved her nieces and nephews as if they were her own.
Debra is preceded in death by both sets of grandparents Jerden and Ruby Thornton and Cecil and O’Dell Reynolds, her father Albert E. Thornton, her dad Frank A. Diddio, and two brothers Michael and Thomas Diddio.
Debra is survived by her beloved husband Ronnie Bolinger, her mother Diane Diddio, brother Michael & Tiffany Thornton, Laurie and Joel Valencia, numerous aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She also leaves behind her best friend of thirty years, Kim Wehrs, her two sons Jesse Herrin and Tyler Herrin, whom Debra loved as her own.
Debra would like us to remember that even though your grief today may overwhelm you, put your faith above your fears and don’t worry about her. Her battle with cancer is done and she is reunited with God and her family.
A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, February 25, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the McDougal’s Caldwell Funeral Chapel.
Arrangements are being cared for by McDougal’s Caldwell Funeral Chapel & Gila Valley Crematory located at 112 E. Main Street, Safford, AZ 85546, 928-428-1740, www.caldwellfuneralchapel.com.
