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Deborah Grace (Sims) Kinsey

Posted 2020-07-10 by mhenderson
Published in The Miner on July 9, 2020 -
Kingman, Arizona -

Deborah Grace Sims Kinsey was born Sept. 26, 1958 in Birmingham,
Alabama to Leonard and Grace Sims. She passed away March 23, 2020 in
Phoenix, Arizona with her family present.

Deborah moved to San Dimas, California in 1964 with her parents and
four siblings, where she would meet and grow up with her husband,
Donald. Deborah attended Holy Name of Mary Catholic School. She was
the fourth of five children.

She is preceded in death by her son, Shane; brothers, Leonard Sims III
and Richard Sims; father, Leonard Sims II; and mother, Grace Sims. She
is survived by brother, Kenneth Sims; children, Kenneth of Nevada,
Michael of Oregon, daughter Grace of Kingman and her husband Donald
Kinsey of Kingman; and grandchildren, Savannah, Abby, Madison,
Christian and Leonard.

After attending Holy Name of Mary, Deborah went on to St. Lucy’s
Priority School in Glendora, California to the Fenster Academy of
Higher Learning in Tucson, Arizona. She went on to become Executive
Administrator for the family business, SBM (Southern Business
Machine), one of California’s first and largest copier/fax companies.

While raising her children she enjoyed outings with the family aboard
Sea Grace III, out of Newport Beach, California. She spoke of many
fond memories of motor homing with family to the family cabin in Lake
Tahoe.

Deborah spent many hours with her father flying in their Cessna out of
Bracket Field in Laguna, California. Deborah had a love for forensics
where she studied forensic psychology along with behavior psychology.
Between the two, one would be hard pressed to pull the wool over her
eyes. She enjoyed long conversations into the night as long as it was
with a formidable opponent. Her other passion was Pediatric Aids where
she worked alongside Elisabeth Glaser in 1988, specializing in shirts
by Zak.

Deborah’s grandchildren had so much love for the one who spoiled them
so much. Deborah was a loving, devoted wife, and business partner and
creative consultant, “A trace of Grace!”

She was admired and respected by all whose lives she touched.

“For Eternity” Hummingbird.





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