Deborah Linville

Deborah Ann Linville, daughter of Edythe and Wayne Beall, sister of Ruth Harris, and wife of Randy Linville passed away unexpectedly during the afternoon of June 25, 2014 at her home in West Chester, Ohio. Debbie was a graduate of Middletown High School class of 1970. She continued her education at Wittenberg University earning a B.A. and B.S. in Mathematics and Science. She began her career teaching junior high school math and science at Green Hills/Forest Park schools, continuing at Jackson Junior High School in Parkersburg, WV. Beginning in 1979 she chose to pursue a new profession in the field of Information Technology with the NCR Corporation Dayton, OH. She began as a systems analyst and grew throughout her career to become a project manager. Through the course of her career she worked for Mercantile Inc., Champion Paper Company, International Paper Company, Proctor & Gamble, Xpedex Company, and Vantiv. Debbie’s professional life was always balanced and complimented by her personal life, where she enjoyed loving her family, loving her friends, and helping others. She was a leader for her daughters Girl Scout Troop, an active member and patron of Crestview Presbyterian Church, and a member of multiple local Bridge groups. Debbie was a wonderful woman, whose positive spirit, warm heart, and faith touched the lives of everyone she knew. Her boundless compassion and inquisitive nature was an inspiration to her closest friends and relatives, whom will always remember her. She is survived by her immediate family members including her husband Randy of 39½ years , her 2 sons David and Brian, her daughter Jennifer, her daughter in-law Melissa Linville, and 2 beautiful granddaughters Charlotte and Kara. Additional extended family members include her nephews Phillip, Robert, and Mark Harris, her niece Lauren Navarro, sister in-law Cindy Jackson, nephew John Skidmore, niece Michelle Skidmore DiGiacomo, Aunt Marge Gerlach, cousins Linda Gerlach Severino and Marilyn Gerlach Domark. Visitation services will be held on Sunday, June 29 from 3-5pm with a memorial service immediately following at Hodapp Funeral Home 6410 Cincinnati Dayton-Road, Liberty Township, OH 45044. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio“-Cincinnati at 4930 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242.