Deborah (Debbie) Ann Ellingboe, 56 years old, died away peacefully on August 5, 2024, with her cherished husband, Don, by her side. Wayzata, Minnesota and Scottsdale, Arizona were both places Debbie called home.
With a fun "throwing" of her twin brother Mike out of the womb, Debbie was born on March 15, 1968, in Eugene, OR. Kay and Richard Ellingboe adored her as their daughter. Debbie was an energetic and inquisitive youngster from the get-go.
Because she hated being alone, she would often move her crib closer to her brother's in the mornings. Debbie would play happily running around the home in her little gowns and cowboy boots, giggling as she would frequently knock over her brother's carefully constructed toys.
Debbie's outstanding intelligence, curiosity, and talent were on full display throughout her nearly twenty years of formal schooling. After receiving an honors diploma from Columbia High School in Troutdale, Oregon in 1986, she went on to Boston University in 1990 to get a journalism degree.
While earning her Juris Doctor degree in 1995, she oversaw the Minnesota Law Review as its editor-in-chief at the University of Minnesota. Debbie had an excellent run of legal success.
She began her career as a corporate and commercial litigator at Faegre Drinker after an enriching clerkship with the Honorable James M. Rosenbaum in the federal court system. She remained there for her whole career.
Debbie was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the highest accolade she could receive as a litigator and trial lawyer. While she enjoyed her time in trial work, her most recent position, which she held from 2016 until her death, was as head of Faegre Drinker's Business Litigation Group.
In a stressful field, Debbie was known for being a kind and helpful coworker who could always be counted on for advise, a helping hand, and even a little comedy.
Meeting her husband, Don, in the year 2000 was the most rewarding event of Debbie's life, even though she took immense satisfaction in her career and assisting others. Due to Don's 45-minute tardiness, their first blind date—arranged by friends—nearly didn't take place.
It was instant chemistry, even with the delay. The restaurant even requested them to vacate the premises just before midnight on their first date due to the amount of time they had spent there. After getting married in Monterey, California on September 15, 2002, Debbie and Don couldn't be apart.
They had a romantic honeymoon in Bora Bora and Northern California, and then they settled into a lovely life together in Scottsdale, Arizona after visiting Eagan, Minnesota, Hayward, Wisconsin, and Wayzata, Minnesota.
In addition to their many common interests, Debbie and Don enjoyed going on hikes, baking, competing in baking at the Minnesota State Fair, traveling, fishing, reading, playing poker, and dancing.
Their spoilt cat Ella was another favorite, and they took great pleasure in helping out their neighbors and acquaintances. Debbie never allowed her four-year cancer struggle dampen her enthusiasm for life, her loved ones, or her pursuit of her passions.
Uncle Richard and his wife Deb of Cathedral City, California, Debbie's brothers Mike and Steve of Long Beach, California, and nephews Austin and Collin are among Debbie's surviving relatives.
Her husband, Don, is also among them. Kay Nelson, her mother, passed away before her. Debbie's gentle smile and piercing blue eyes gave solace to Don's life and touched everyone she met.
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis (5025 Knox Ave. S.) will host a memorial service for Debbie on Wednesday, August 21st at 1:00 pm. A visitation will be held one hour before the ceremony.
In addition, for individuals in Arizona or on the West Coast who are unable to attend the ceremony in Minnesota, a Celebration of Debbie will be held at Desert Mountain's Outlaw restaurant on Saturday, November 9th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. You may honor Debbie's memory by donating to the fight against women's cancer through The Lewin Fund.
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