Debi taught English at Columbia High School and Edwardsville High School as well as in East St. Louis. She was an adjunct at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, a member of the DAR, and Lovejoy Library. She was smart, brash, generous, loving well-read, and funny. Her generosity was evident even after her passing as she gave the gift of life by being a tissue donor.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John Leonard and Dixie Woodrum; her father and mother-in-law, Harold and Sally Sisk; a brother, Christopher Leonard; a sister, Stacey Weaver; and a son-in-law, Jason Schroder.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Robert “Bob” Sisk; three daughters, Sonya (Josh) Marsh,
Jennifer (John) Duncan, and Emily (Dave) Layman; eight grandchildren, Elizabeth and Mary Layman; Joel and Jenna Duncan; and Miranda, Nicholas, Keenan, and Charlie Marsh; friends Glenn and Sue Vollmer, and Taree McGee; and the thousands of students she taught and inspired.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the American Heart Association. Condolences may be expressed online at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com
A Celebration of Debi’s Life will be held on her birthday, Nov. 19, 2018 at Tim & Joe’s, 6500 W. Main St., Belleville from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.