Deb Meneses' Obituary
On Tuesday April 25th 2023, Deb Meneses, loving wife and incredible mother, passed away at the age of 65. Deb was born on November 27, 1957 in Olympia WA to John and Margaret (Kelleher) Bracy. She graduated from Olympia High School and attended college at Western Washington University. She married Hector Meneses on December 20th 1997, on the island of Oahu Hawaii. Deb was preceded in death by her brother Daniel Bracy. She is survived by her husband Hector Meneses, her two daughters Leilani Meneses and Jessica Leiva (Daniel), her three grandchildren Harper, Isabel, and Ashton Leiva, her two sisters Cathy Hamilton (Patrick), Linda Hitch, and her brother Dennis Bracy (Karen).
Deb had a passion for Disney. She was the manager of the Aulani Disney Resort store on Oahu and a district manager for the Disney stores in Hawaii. She loved the islands and spent ten years of her life there with friends and family she loved so much. She was an amazing mother, always going the extra mile and she cared so deeply for her daughters and grandchildren. She was a laugher, a dancer, a great organizer and could bring everyone in a room together with her kind and infectious spirit.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at 12:00 noon on Friday, May 26th, at St. Michaels Catholic Church on 11th Ave and Boundary St. in Olympia. Arrangements are with Mountain View Funeral Home.
“Goodbye may seem forever, farewell is like the end, but in my heart is a memory and there you’ll always be.”-Walt Disney
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