Please donate in memory of Debbie Sorenson

You just don't realize how precious life is until someone you love and need in your heart is taken from you without notice. Your world is suddenly upside down, and what's meant to be a day of gratitude, instantly becomes something very different. The unimaginable happened on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, 2022 when Deborah Sorenson, "Debbie" couldn't be reached and was soon after found deceased at home by her 16 year old grandson Dominic Tirey and his father Waylon Tirey. They had been at Dominic’s grandfathers for thanksgiving and returned to an unimaginable life changing ordeal. Debbie, my mother was gone without warning, without goodbyes, and taken much too soon at 62 years of age.

Debbie had just relocated in May from Texarkana to help me, her daughter, DeLila Sorenson Tirey. This unexpected tragedy comes a year after the sudden tragic death of my mother’s only son. Mine and my sister, Lacretia Sorenson’s baby brother, Wesley Sorenson in March of 2021.

My mom was a stay at home mother her whole life. She loved her family more than anything, especially her kids and her grandkids. She has four grandkids and a great grandson, Carter. 

She was a selfless, giving, loving human being. She volunteered as we got older with non-profit organizations. She was truly a kind, giving, loving person. If she could help you, she would. She did without for many years to be sure, while growing up, her three children had everything we ever wanted and needed. She grieved the loss of my brother every day. She always felt a piece of her was gone. She wasn’t ever the same but she pushed on, she loved so deeply and always treated people kind and showed so much love anyway. She will be missed beyond words will ever be able to describe.

Me and my sister, Lacretia would like to give our mother a proper burial and viewing for everyone to have a chance to say goodbye. We are asking for donations to help raise money to pay for those costs and any immediate costs surrounding the sudden death of our only parent as our father passed in 2009. Debbie did not have life insurance and lived on disability. We have nothing between us to bury our beloved mother. Anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, God bless, and please remember that tomorrow is not promised. Each day is a gift from God that must be lived with intention.