IN MEMORY OF DEBORAH BESS GABRIEL September 14, 1952 – January 22, 2015
Deborah “Debby” Bess Gabriel, has passed away of natural causes in her home, January 22nd, 2015. She is survived by her brother Dan and his wife Leslee Anne Bess.
Deborah was born on September 14th, 1952, to the late Thomas & Dian Bess in Santa Monica, California.
In 1963, at the age of 12, Deborah and her family moved to Jackson Hole, WY after her father purchased a guest ranch 17 miles south of Jackson on the Hoback River. They named the ranch “The Spotted Horse Ranch.” Her family owned and operated the ranch for 40 years, although they sold the ranch in 1999, to this day it is still operating with the same name and dream.
Debby graduated in 1970 at the age of 17, from Jackson Hole High. She then moved to Redlands, California where she attended college to pursue her passion in Theatrical Arts. When she returned from college she started acting at “Dirty Jacks”, “Jackson Hole Play House” and the “Pink Garter Theater”. She was also an incredible prop and costume designer and would help designing the sets for the plays. Debby loved to be on stage and was one of the founders of the Actor’s Co-op in Jackson Hole.
Throughout the years, she obtained her real estate license, sold advertising and media for the local television station and owned her own shoe store called “Steppin Out Shoes”.
She loved to travel and enjoyed discovering new places to explore. She traveled throughout Europe and the US, and was planning to travel more in the years to come.
Like her mother, Debby had a passion for gardening, flowers, and animals and kept her yard looking beautiful and well maintained.
Debby had a saying at the end of every
conversation, she would say
“Miss You Madly”
SHE WILL BE MISSED
A memorial service will be planned for the spring of 2015