Deborah “Debbie” Irene Householder

Wasilla resident, Deborah "Debbie" Irene Householder, 52, died Jan. 9, 2012, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage after several weeks of care there.

A memorial service in honor of Deborah was Jan. 16 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bellevue, Wash.

Debbie was born Oct. 1, 1959, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Pearl Irene (Shaffer) Robison and Don Francis Carlson.

Debbie would later reminisce about a childhood spent floating atop the Great Salt Lake and swimming across rivers of rainwater in the street. She was the eldest of her siblings and often led the way with her adventurous nature. Debbie relocated with her family to Bellevue, Wash., in 1972, where she attended Sammamish High School, married James G. Taylor Jr. at the age of 17 (later divorced), and had the first of her four children at the age of 20. After more than 30 years living in King County, she and husband Chuck F. Householder moved with their daughter Mariah Pearl to Wasilla, where they lived until her death.

"She will be lovingly remembered for her warm smile, exuberant greetings and the joy she showed for her favorite things in life," her family wrote.

Debbie is survived by her husband, Chuck; children, Jimmy and Adam (Jamie) Taylor, Nathan Woodring and Mariah Householder; and Chuck's children, Kristen and Nick Householder; grandchildren, Mason and Haylie Taylor (Adam and Jamie); siblings, Christeen, Stephen and Shawn Carlson, and Rauna (Robison) Metcalf and Ian, Paul and Treavor Robison; parents, Pearl and Del Robison, and Don and Ann Carlson; as well as many aunts, uncles and hundreds of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Family cared for by Valley Funeral Home and Crematory.