Deborah Dye Gentling passed away on August 7th, 2022, at age 78. She was a force who was known for her independence and her unconventional approach to life. She was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio surrounded by a large family, but left home at an early age to attend the Greenbrier School and Summer Camp at Camp Appalachia, both in West Virginia. She spent her time at school tormenting the teachers and learning to smoke – the great joy of her life. At camp she took up riflery quickly becoming one of the top markswomen in the US, a truly unconventional sport for a lady of the day. During these years she would meet her first love, Daniel Loren Ervin (Dan). They were married and she followed him to Oregon – a little-known state to her and her family. She loved the Western spirit and the fresh air of Oregon. Her passion for Dan ran both ways and they had a spirited relationship that would end in divorce. Dan and Debbie were forever connected by their feelings of first love and their two surviving children, Elizabeth Ervin Quinn and David Loren Ervin. Continuing her independence and unconventional choices, Debbie stayed in Oregon after the divorce and moved to Sunriver where she would spend many years raising her two children with the help of the Sunriver community in the 1980s. It is in Sunriver that she met her final love and companion, Richard Glynn Gentling (Dick). They shared a passion for golf and Dick would teach Debbie to become a scratch golfer. They were married and played golf together year round in Sunriver and Palm Springs until Dick’s passing in 2005. In her final years, she gave up golf and spent her time managing her farm as a fifth generational farmer with her surviving brother, Dean Dye, and sitting on the back porch talking with her daughter, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth’s partner, Ed. Upon visits they were not acknowledged until Elizabeth and Ed’s dog, Bowden, was thoroughly greeted and fed treats. Debbie’s greatest joy in life was spending time with her only grand daughter, Madison Quinn. From her back porch, Debbie, continued her skills as a markswoman with critter control around and under her house. In true Debbie style, she had total control over her death. She refused the breathing machine and passed quietly in her sleep at St. Charles Hospital in Bend, Oregon after experiencing complications from pneumonia brought on by COVID-19. Following her unconventional approach to life, we ask that you not provide flowers or donations and instead “just get on with it.” However, in the spirit of her frugality and independence, if you would like to buy yourself something nice in her honor (if it is on major sale), we would encourage it.