Deborah Horovitz, 83

WARWICK, R.I. – Debbie "Marnie" Horovitz passed away May 15 at Sunnyview Nursing Home. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Deborah was the daughter of Benjamin and Lena (Edison) Berman. Her sister Edna (Berman) Burack predeceased her in 2018.  She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Adrian Horovitz, who she met at a party hosted by his fraternity at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1952 and instantly fell in love. She pointed him out to her friends that evening and told them she was going to marry him ... and she did four years later.

Debbie is also survived by two children, Amy (Horovitz) Panzer and her husband Andrew, and Jeffrey Horovitz and his wife, Kathleen (McHugh). She is also survived by four grandchildren: Melissa, Jarett, Jacob and Joshua who affectionately called her Marnie perhaps because her hair color in those years leaned a little bit too close to a "Barney" purple spectrum.

Debbie was all about accessorizing and adding a creative spin to everything she touched. She was a master at needlework and hosted evening classes for over two decades, teaching fellow crafters to incorporate over 50 different types of stitches on needlepoint canvases. Her business "Mrs. Nedlpt" was aptly named for a woman whose 3-dimensional needlework was nothing less than spectacular.

Debbie served as Sisterhood president at Temple Sinai in Cranston in the early 1970s and for many years after that managed the gift shop. Dubbed by her family, "Mrs. Hallmark", she was truly a people person who never missed an opportunity to commemorate a birthday, anniversary or milestone in the lives of anyone whom she cared about.

Contributions may be made to Temple Sinai Horovitz-Wexler minyan fund.