Debra Anderson

Stoughton- Debra J. Anderson, age 61, passed on to the spiritual world on August 18, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her family. She had bravely fought pancreatic cancer for over a year. Debra was born July 22, 1952 in Medina, Ohio, the daughter of Marvin and Roberta Hall. She graduated from Medina High School in 1970. Debra then moved to Austin, Texas where she lived for five years.

Debbie had a passion for music and invested herself in the creative music culture in Austin. She often talked about the job she had where she did set up for musicians including Willie Nelson, Michael Murphy, and Seals and Croft.

Debbie was a spiritual searcher and in 1975 joined the Unification Church in Austin. This was the beginning of a long and exciting life of spiritual dedication and service. For several years she was very active teaching and working with Church programs and campus ministry.

Her life took a dramatic new direction on July 1 1982 when she was blessed in holy marriage to Jim Anderson in the 2075 blessing in Madison Square Garden. Debbie and Jim moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1987. It was there they had a son Bradford in 1988 and then twins Vanessa and Alisa in 1990. Later that year she moved with her family to Stoughton,WI where she spent the rest of her life and had one more child, Austin in 1994.

In spite of raising a big family Debbie remained very active in the Church. She was a very good speaker. Debbie served as a pastor in the local Church and also taught Sunday School as well as helping on Summer workshops for the kids.

Debbie was a great singer and loved to perform. She sang at Church services as well as at weddings and funerals. Debbie had a pure heart and her singing would often move people to tears.

As Debbie came closer to the end of her battle with cancer she maintained a beautiful spirit and said that although she would dearly miss friends and family, she was excited that she would soon be able to see friends and loved ones who had passed on to the other side and that she was looking forward to continuing to serve God in the spiritual world. God Bless Debbie! We will dearly miss her!

Debbie is survived by her husband Jim; her children, Bradford, Alisa, Vanessa, and Austin; her mother Roberta Irwin; and her brother, Dennis Hall. She was preceded in death by her father, Marvin Hall and her brother Rick.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Cress Funeral Home in Stoughton. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the funeral home and from 10:00 AM until the time of the service on Wednesday.

The family would like to give a special thanks to Agrace HospiceCare Inc. for their loving help and care.

Debbie would like any donations to go to a special fund to help underprivileged in Nepal.
Cress Funeral Service
206 W. Prospect Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
(608) 873-9244