DEBORAH G. TIRICO

Deborah Gale Tirico, 72, of White Haven, Pennsylvania, passed away on February 11th, 2026, after a long illness, with family by her side.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, she began her early career in ballet at the Hartford Ballet and danced her way into Juilliard. After graduating from San Francisco State University with a BA in Fine Arts, she began her career as an entrepreneur opening Gemini Graphics in Montclair, NJ. which she ran successfully for 40 years. Deb enjoyed a lifetime of creativity - commercial arts, dance, music, quilting, stitching, and historical reenactments. While running Gemini, she still found time to be an avid needle artist, instructor, and later the author of three books on her unique style of stitching and wool applique. Post retirement, she opened Pemberly.com, where she taught and sold kits of her original designs. She was a member of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and taught many workshops nationally. Deb’s ability to sit quietly for hours stitching balanced her otherwise energetic personality: fierce, passionate, confident, gregarious, engaging, able to tackle anything, and generous to a fault. She’d give you the shirt off her back. She will be missed.

Deborah was a devoted wife and a loving mother. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Tirico, and her father, John J. Gale.

She is survived by her son, Frank L. Tirico (Alyssa), step-children Jamie Tirico and Dana Adamson (Ron), her mother, Doris Gale, her siblings, John Q. Gale (Tracy), Cynthia Arruda (Bruce), Carol Gale (DJ Horn), Janet Aaronson (Rande), Robin Keil (Gordon) and numerous nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be at Lehman Family Funeral Service, 403 Berwick St., White Haven, PA on Friday, February 20, 5-7 pm with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick's Church, 411 Allegheny St., White Haven, PA, February 21, 11:00 am.

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