Debra Osborn Solsrud

Osborn Solsrud, Debra "Deb" Deb tragically passed away on December 27, 2016 in a small plane crash in Florida at the age of 51. Deb wishes to be best known for her humor, love of adventure and compassion. Deb was born on August 4, 1965 to Guy and Louise (nee Sterling) Osborn in Minneapolis, MN. At the age of 6, the family moved to Milwaukee, WI where she resided until her college days. She received her B.A. in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where her love of adventure truly began! She returned to Minnesota when she was 31, but her love of the Green Bay Packers always followed her. Deb's career in marketing and communications expanded over three decades in education. She hoped to leave the world a better place, so she intended to give back to her favorite charities upon her passing. Deb loved to create, and will be remembered for her baking, knitting and pulling of weeds in her garden so she could have a successful canning year. Deb truly wishes to thank her family and friends who laughed with her and stood by her side - you mean more to her than you realize. (Besides, one of you needs to take her dogs!) Deb is survived by her two children, Emma Jean age 14 and Connor Anthony age 13. They were her pride and joy; to whom she gave her heart. She hopes to pass on her humor and love of traveling to each of them, as well as her compassion. She is also survived by her dogs Shiloh and Buster, parents Guy and Louise (nee Sterling) Osborn from Muskego, WI, brother Doug (Kenosha, WI), and sisters Laurie (Steve) from Muskego, WI and Judy (Joel) from Iowa City, IA. Further survived by nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. A Memorial Gathering will be held at Max A. Sass & Sons-Westwood Chapel on Tuesday Jan 3 starting at 11AM until the Memorial Service at 11:30AM. A private family burial will take place at Wisconsin Memorial Park at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to a trust account set up for the children or to the New London Spicer School District (www.nls.k12.mn.us) or to Girls United which is in conjunction with the New London Spicer School District and serves youth of the middle school age.