IN MEMORIAM

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Deborah Navrat

Services for Deborah Lejune Navrat, 71, McPherson, who died Dec. 16, 2023, at Hutchison Regional Medical Center after fighting pneumonia and heart failure, will be Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.

Her family will gather with friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Marion. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 10:30 a.m. and Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m.

She will be laid to rest in Pilsen Cemetery.

Deborah was born Feb. 22, 1952, at St. Luke Hospital in Marion to Harold and Maxine (Gillespie) Bell. She was welcomed by her brother, Rick, and sister, Cheri.

Deborah attended Marion grade and high schools and graduated in 1970.

After graduation, she moved to Olathe with her parents. Deborah worked for Puritan while in Olathe.

In 1972, she married her high school sweetheart, Ronald Navrat, and they moved to Anchorage, Alaska, while Ron served in the Air Force.

While in Alaska, she enjoyed the scenery and worked part time with her husband at Jackson Janitorial, cleaning banks after hours.

During her time off, Deborah enjoyed camping with her husband. Camping when a lake was frozen hard enough to drive a car across was a sight to see.

Camping also meant grilling steaks over an open fire and watching the Alaska sun setting at 11 p.m.

Deborah was preceded in death by her parents, brother James, sister Cheri, and niece Tammy.

She is survived by her husband, Ronald; brother Richard of Newton; sister-in-law Ardith; and nephews Chris of Shawnee Mission and Mike of Colorado.

Yazel-Megli Funeral Home is serving the family.

Memorial contributions in her name may be directed to St. Luke Living Center.

Please sign her online guestbook and leave a memory of Deborah at www.yazelmeglifh.com.