This web site is offered to celebrate the life of
Deborah Ann Pittman.
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Debbie was born in El Centro, California August 19, 1960.
Debbie was taken from us on September 3, 1977,
just weeks after her
seventeenth birthday.
We, her family, have often asked the question so
many other people
who have suffered a loss have asked,
WHY?
What
lessons had this man learned in his life that he felt it necessary to
cut short
this vivacious, positive life.
Unfortunately we will never
have an answer to that question.
The man who murdered her took his own
life just three days later.
Debbie packed more into the few short years she was here on earth,
than
most people do in a normal lifespan.
She fell in love with horses, and was riding before she was three.
By nine, she was showing steers in 4-H and learned to sew.
She showed early signs of leadership while serving at different levels
of
management in the local 4-H club. At 8th grade graduation she was presented
The American Legion Leadership Award.
She earned the ranks of Silver
Star, Gold Star, and Junior Leadership,
attending the state Junior
Leadership conference in 1977.
She was very active in sports. She was a member of the
Junior Varsity
Tennis team, the track team and played fast pitch softball
on a Girls
City Recreation team.
On weekends she played slow pitch softball on a
women’s team in
Parker, Arizona.
At Central Union High School she was a driving force on campus.
She
held a class office every year, she was on
the yearbooks staff serving
as advertising manager and
was to have been the editor of the yearbook
her senior year.
She devoted part of her summer vacation to gathering
information
for the following years book.
The 1978 yearbook was
dedicated to her.
She, along with two friends, helped create a group
called “Mat Maids”,
to provide assistance and to cheer on the much
ignored wrestling team.
The girls earned money to buy material for
their Mat Maid uniforms
and I, Debbie’s mom, made them.
In 1977 Deb was named to the All Star Softball Team for the
City
Recreation Department.
This team represented El Centro in the San
Diego
All Start Tournament.
In 1981 the City of El Centro dedicated the
field
where she used to play:
“PITTMAN PARK”
At “Sweet 16” Debbie sold her horse and found new loves in her life;
her
16th birthday gift, a yellow 1965 Mustang and “boys”!!
A young man in her class, Michael Crow, wrote a song,
which he sang at
graduation.
He dedicated the song to the 1978 graduating class
and
also
to Debbie.
In this song he said “but one was left behind and now
her
memory is imbedded in our minds”.
We turn the page to begin another chapter and find
we will have to
write
it ourselves,
using Debbie’s formula:
Zest for life
You have to give to receive
Live each day to the fullest
Enthusiasm magnifies ability
We thank God for the brief miracle called
“DEBBIE”!
Debbie will forever be in the hearts and memories of her family ;
her
younger brother Eddie and his fantastic wife, Laura,
her mother and
father
as well as in the hearts and memories of all of her relatives
and
many, many friends.
Always to be loved but never to be forgotten!
"ONLY THE BEST"
A Heart of Gold stopped beating,
Two shining eyes at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove
He only takes The Best.
God knows you had to leave us,
But you did not go alone ~
For part of us went with you,
The day He took you Home.
To some you are forgotten,
To others just the past.
But to us who loved and lost you,
Your memory will always last.
~~ Anonymous ~~
"Please sign the guestbook below"
Thanks to my good friend Janie from the bottom of my heart.
I hope you have some idea of how much Debbie's family
appreciates all of the time and effort
you have put into creating this website.
Thank you to everyone else who contributed.
