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In memory of
Debra "Debbie" Jean Budahn
December 2, 1952 - July 3, 2024
Dec 2, 1952 - Jul 3, 2024
Debbie's timeline
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1952
Born
December 2nd, 1952
1956
Debbie on the farm. She always joked that there weren't a lot of baby pictures of her because she had such bad skin allergies as a kid.
1956
1957
Playing mom at her family's dairy farm.
1957
1959
Feltmann family photo (Debbie pictured in the front row on the right).
1959
Celebrating Christmas with her siblings and mother, Verda (Debbie pictured in the front row on the left).
1959
1960
School picture. Debbie was very particular about her glasses and smile!
1960
1966
Eighth grade yearbook photo.
1966
1967
Debbie with sisters.
1967
Norwood, Minnesota
1968
Debbie as Gary's date to senior prom. They met when Debbie was 14 on their way to a football game that Gary was playing in and Debbie was cheering for. Cheerleaders had to stand on the bus, and Debbie fell onto Gary's lap.
1968
Debbie was a fantastic athlete and cheerleader. According to her 23andME Debbie had the athletic gene!
1968
1970
Debbie as senior prom queen! (Pictured with her parents)
1970
1971
High school graduation.
1971
Debbie and Gary's wedding! Debbie said her wedding dress made her feel like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet (Pictured with her parents, sisters and their husbands).
1971
Debbie on her wedding day with her maid of honor, Dorie Buck.
1971
Norwood, Minnesota
1972
Debbie as a bridesmaid to her sister Susie's wedding.
1972
Debbie at Budahn family farm.
1972
Norwood, Minnesota
1973
Debbie in one of her absolute favorite outfits of all time! (Pictured with Budahn family at their home)
1973
1974
Celebrating Gary graduating from Veterinarian school.( Pictured Feltmann parents on the left, Budahn family on right).
1974
Debbie was a brilliant vet tech. She deeply cared for the horses and had a drive to learn how to heal them.
1974
1975
Debbie and Gary seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time. They moved to CA so Gary could do his post doc at the University of California at Davis.
1975
Debbie's first (fur)baby, Micah.
1975
1976
Debbie and Gary back home for Christmas (Pictured with Budahn family).
1976
1977
Skiing at their favorite resort in Lake Tahoe, Heavenly.
1977
1978
Debbie in the summer sun and working outdoors. She always said she was thankful to have a job that wasn’t sitting at a desk all day.
1978
1979
Debbie and Gary all dressed up at a vet convention. Debbie in her favorite purple sweater.
1979
1980
Debbie with her first daughter, Jenny Jean, at Torrance Beach.
1980
1981
Debbie, Gary and Jenny checking out their foals.
1981
1982
Debbie at Joshua Tree National Park
1982
1983
Debbie and Jenny at a family camping trip at Yosemite, CA.
1983
Debbie visting her sisters in Minnesota.
1983
1984
Debbie taking a break from veternarian bills to snuggle Jenny. Pictured is the desk Debbie used for over 40 years.
1984
Debbie picking lemons from her backyard tree while pregnant with Amy.
1984
1985
Debbie and Gary's second child is born, Amy Jo Budahn. Debbie said she was sick her whole pregnancy and survived on cranberry juice. She also delivered Amy breached!
1985
1986
Debbie visiting her family farm in Minnesota (Pictured with Jenny on the left and Amy in her arms).
1986
Debbie looking stylish in a win photo at Cal Expo. She must have been in hundreds in her life. We had to include one.
1986
Sacramento, CA
1987
Debbie holding Michael John in their beloved Ranchview Rd home.
1987
1988
Debbie with JAM kiddos (Pictured with Debbie's mom, Verda).
1988
Debbie with Michael. She loved her corduroy skirts!
1988
1989
Debbie visiting her sister Nancy and mother Verda in Minnesota.
1989
Family photo in front of their Ranchview Rd home.
1989
Debbie and the kids dressed up for Halloween. She loved Halloween! Debbie dressed up every year, had 5 boxes of costumes, and decorated her home including spooky music.
1989
1990
Family ski vacation with fantastic 80s ski gear! They took the train from their LA home to Angel Fire, NM to celebrate Christmas.
1990
1991
Debbie in her favorite vacation spot, Jamaica (Pictured with Michael)
1991
1992
All dressed up for New Years Eve with their life-long best friends, and Ranchivew Rd neighbors, Loretta and Larry.
1992
Coaching Amy's soccer team. Debbie always made the felt banners for the kid's teams.
1992
1993
Living with the Smith Family and racing horses for the summer in Temperance, MI.
1993
1994
Debbie leading the annual Ranchview parade.
1994
Mother's day tea at Jenny's school.
1994
1995
Debbie in the Lake District in the UK, after traveling in Norway and Denmark for soccer. She loved being in nature from hiking to sitting in the sun at the beach.
1995
England, UK
1996
Debbie coming back to the barn arfter jogging a horse.
1996
Temperance, MI
Debbie dancing with Michael at Rustlers Roost on Thanksgiving. Every year we spent the holiday in Tempe, AZ for a soccer tournament.
1996
Feltmann sister visit to Debbie's California home. Debbie always planted cosmos in her backyard garden.
1996
Debbie and Amy on a race night in Canada.
1996
1998
Debbie in the shed row at Hoosier Park Indiana.
1998
Debbie with family at Jenny’s high school graduation.
1998
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
1999
Debbie with Scooter Doo.
1999
2009
Debbie with her favorite horse Cladius Agustus.
2009
2011
Debbie and Rich at the apartment complex they met at in Sacramento. As luck would have it, Debbie moved into the complex right above Rich. It was history from there.
2011
Debbie in her Sacramento apartment surrounded by her beloved plants.
2011
2013
Debbie with her good friend Evelyn. They became friends when Evelyn was almost 100 years old!
2013
Debbie and Rich's wedding!
2013
Debbie with her first grandchild, Liam Edward Zalesky.
2013
Santiago, Chile
2014
Debbie as mother of the bride for Amy Budahn's wedding (Pictured are Debbie's Feltmann family members),
2014
Winters, CA
Debbie celebrating at Amy's wedding along with our Ranchview Road family.
2014
2015
Debbie and Rich at a disabled veterans benefit event.
2015
2016
Celebrating Debbie on mother's day and that all of her "chickadees" finally live near her in Northern California.
2016
Debbie with her second grandchild, Emiliana (Emma) Jean Zalesky.
December 13th, 2016
Danville, CA
2017
Debbie and Rich in their home (established 2013) with Jenny, Liam, baby Emma & Dexter dog.
2017
Debbie and Rich enjoying a holiday party.
2017
2018
Debbie with high school, and lifelong best friend, Dorie Buck at their 50 year high school reunion.
2018
Debbie throwing Amy a baby shower.
2018
Debbie with Loretta Ball in South Africa. A dream come true!
2018
South Africa
2019
Debbie baking brownies with her newly born third grandchild, Aiden Carey (Amy's son).
2019
Debbie with Emma, enjoying some girl time, while Liam was in school!
2019
Debbie and Rich with Liam and Emma in Lake Tahoe. Most winters Grammi and Pappi, along with the dogs, enjoyed a week in Tahoe with family. Those weeks were full of fun, baking, walking in the snow, and skiing. The very best of memories!
2019
Lake Tahoe
2020
Debbie enjoying walking with Dexter at Bodega Bay. She treasured her walks in nature.
2020
Bodega Bay, CA
Debbie from soccer mom to soccer grandma a.k.a. Grammi! She was always there to support her grandchildren in any endeavor and loved them fiercely.
2020
Danville, CA
2021
Three generations of Jean women. Debra Jean, Jennifer Jean & Emiliana Jean, enjoying her favorite place! Bodega Bay
2021
Bodega Bay, CA
2022
Debbie holding her fourth grandchild, Wyatt Carey (Amy's second son).
2022
Lafayette, CA
Debbie with Michael being sworn in as a lawyer. She was a proud mama!
2022
2023
Christmas Eve tradition of making cinnamon roles.
2023
Grammi in a grandkid sandwich, between Aiden and Wyatt Carey.
2023
Debbie doing her favorite thing, snuggling babies. (Pictured with Wyatt Carey)
2023
Riding the Polar Express at the Sacramento Train Museum was a favorite holiday tradition (Pictures Zaleskey kids)
2023
The real Elf on The Shelf
2023
Debbie and Michael at home, in front of a quilt made by Grandma Lydia. Debbie often said that her relationship with her grandma was one of the most important in her entire life.
2023
Sacramento, CA
Debbie with her grandchildren and autumn leaves. Two of her ultimate favorite things in life!
2023
Sacramento, CA
2024
Feltmann sister reunion in Northern California.
2024
Debbie at the pool with the Zalesky grandkids, Liam and Emma.
2024
Debbie and Rich next to their dear pond. Their beautiful backyard is home to so many fond memories of gardening, bird watching, chatting, and egg hunting at Easter.
2024
Sacramento, CA
Debbie’s everyday bracelets. A homemade Grammi bracelet and her life’s motto “Live in the Moment”.
July 1st, 2024
Sacramento, CA
Passed away
July 3rd, 2024
Sacramento, CA
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Jenny Budahn (Debbie's daughter).
