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Debra Yuhas

Vancouver, WA, USA

October 26, 1952 - April 27, 2021

Oct 26, 1952 - Apr 27, 2021

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Debra Fay Yuhas was surrounded by family as she passed unexpectedly from a heart attack on April 27, 2021.

How do you sum up someone’s life in a few paragraphs? How did I get chosen to write this obituary? How does one even start to accurately reflect the legacy that Debra left to the world? These are the questions I have been struggling with over the last week since Mom passed. These are the questions that played in my mind as I drove to church this morning.

Sitting in the church auditorium after a wonderful message from a passage in Luke about servants and subjects, my father, the kids, and I had just finished praying and taking communion. The music was starting back up when I heard deep in my spirit 3 beautiful words spoken with what felt like a joyful shouting pride…
“She finished well!”
A burden in my spirit lifted and unexplained joy just filled me up as the grief of losing my mom had been rolling over my family in waves for the last week. I turned to Dad and repeated these 3 beautiful words to him along with others that filled my heart and flowed out of my mouth. Afterwards, there was such a sense of comfort and peace and we both just stared at each other in agreement knowing that so much truth had just been revealed to us....I went out to the car and prayed for God to give me the words again. This is the best of what I remember…

“She finished well. She lived a life of transformed grace. Every person that knew her from her previous life was witness to the transformative power of Jesus Christ in her. She lived a servant’s life and modeled a servant’s heart. She loved on people with hugs and kisses and smiles. She called them and had long conversations. She fed into their lives. She pointed them all to Jesus.

She made the meals, drove the miles, opened her house, and dropped everything to attend to those who were sick and could not help themselves. More than once, she lovingly and patiently sat with people and prayed over them while they took their final breaths. She laughed and cried and supported and encouraged and prayed for all of us. She truly loved the way Christ loves.

And for some, she was the closest example of Christ’s unconditional love for us all."

Debra Fay Yuhas -daughter of the King, wife to the love of her life Dave, devoted sister to her family, loving mother to her 3 children, the best Grammy (7 grandchildren), Great Grammy (3 great grandchildren), and Auntie (too many to count) ever, and a beautiful friend to every friend and stranger.
You ran the race set out before you. You are now resting in the arms of our loving Father….
You finished well.

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