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Deborah Diggs

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Deborah Ann Schlagel Diggs, 69, of Fairmont, N.C., formerly of Connoquenessing, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at UNC Health Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

She was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Margaret Patrick Schlagel.

Deborah was a retired sales manager.

She was a talented seamstress and crafter, but above all, she was an amazing wife and mother who always put her family, friends and others first.

She is survived by her husband, Kevin Diggs; two daughters, Amy (Mark) Tolkacevic of Wellington, Fla., and Heather (Jesse) Kline, of Fayetteville, N.C.; two brothers, Ronald (Mary) Miller of New Waterford, Ohio, and Robert (Mary) Schlagel, of Butler; five grandchildren, Ryan Kitajima, Julia Kitajima, Abigail Tolkacevic, Luke Tolkacevic and Emma Kline; and one great-grandchild, Elina Kitajima.

DIGGS — Friends of Deborah Ann Schlagel Diggs, who died Tuesday, March 26, 2024, will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at MARTIN FUNERAL HOME, 429 Center Ave., Butler.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Martin, of Valencia United Methodist Church, officiating.

Interment will take place in North Side Cemetery, Butler.

For more information, visit www.martinfh.net.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.

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