OBITUARY INFORMATION FOR DEBORAH MAY MCINTIRE

 

Deborah May McIntire, age 42, of 8330 Harbach Blvd. in Clive, Iowa, died on December 8, 1996 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, after suffering a single gunshot to the chest in her apartment.  The only witness to the shooting was then boyfriend, Greg Patton, who claimed he and Debbie had been arguing and that she then shot herself.  Contrary to Patton‘s report, forensic tests later determined her death to have actually been the result of an accidental shooting involving Patton.  Both were parole officers with the Correctional Services Department of the 5th Judicial District in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

Gary Sherzan, the department supervisor, had the sheriff’s department chaplain meet with his staff at 8:30am, about two hours after he had learned of McIntire’s death.  McIntire and Sherzan had been partners since she joined the department in March 1991.  Sherzan said he will remember McIntire as a joking, good natured woman, whose laugh was so distinct that people used to say she could be heard and detected a block away.  On the serious side, Sherzan related that McIntire was well respected by officials from all law agencies.  He described her as a dedicated parole officer, willing to help those in need at anytime, day or night.  Said Sherzan, her job meant a lot to her, and she will be sorely missed.

 

Deborah McIntire was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on January 3rd, 1952, to Earl and Colleen McIntire. McIntire received both a Bachelors degree and Masters degree from the University of Arizona.  She worked as a parole officer with the Correctional Services Department in Des Moines for the past 5 years.  She is survived by one brother, Earl McIntire, Jr.; and the “light of her life“, her 12 year old son, Taylor Domet.