Oakley Gage Debbs

Oakley Gage Debbs born June 27, 2005 in West Palm Beach, FL, with his twin sister Olivia-Merrill Josephine Debbs, tragically passed away on November 26, 2016 from anaphylactic shock on Thanksgiving break surrounded by his entire family in Kennebunkport, ME. He is survived by his father, Robert J. Debbs; mother, Merrill Duemler Debbs; twin sister, Olivia of West Palm Beach; grandmothers, Catherine Merrill Duemler of West Palm Beach and Mary Cross Dougherty of Sea Girt, NJ; grandfather, H.T. Rollins and his wife, Jacqueline Carroll Andrew of Pasadena, CA; step-grandmother, Lynn Debbs, of Plymouth, MA; four aunts, three uncles and seven cousins. He was predeceased by his grandfathers, J. Robert Debbs, R. Leigh Duemler and Joseph P. Dougherty. Although eleven years old, Oakley was a consummate gentleman, scholar and athlete. He loved living in Florida, going to the beach where he could boogie board, swim, and play soccer with his friends. He especially loved the Bath and Tennis Club. His friends were the most important to him. He held them closely and traveled with a core group wherever he went. He was a competitive athlete whether competing in his travel soccer league, the JV flag football team at Rosarian Academy where he was in the fifth grade, skiing in Colorado, or on his swim team at the beach. In the Summer, he made the Hampton Plaque travel tennis team in Quogue, NY, playing for the Quogue Field Club and also winning their mini-marathon for his age group and working hard to assist the Wildcats at the Junior Sports Group Field Day every summer. There will be a soccer game held in his name on Saturday, December 10 at 10:00AM at the Palm Beach recreation fields in Palm Beach. A celebration of life service will follow at 2:00PM at the Bethesda by-the-Sea Church, South County Rd, Palm Beach, FL. A newly formed non-profit organization called Red Sneakers Foundation has been created in Oakley's honor. Information can be accessed at (redsneaker.org). In lieu of flowers please go to the website for details about the organization. Arrangements by Quattlebaum Funeral Home, West Palm Beach, FL.