July 8, 1950—June 30, 2009

Robbie Lee Deeb, a Gulf War veteran who worked as a licensed practical nurse for 38 years, died June 30 from cancer complications in Union County Hospice, Monroe, N. C. She was 58.

Mrs. Deeb worked at Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 22 years. She also worked in convalescent centers, as a home care nurse and in overseas combat with the Army Reserve.

Born Robbie Lee Clay in Buffalo, she graduated from East High School in 1968, then went to nursing school for two years.

She served in the Army Reserve’s 365th Evacuation Hospital in Niagara Falls for 12 years and attained the rank of sergeant.

Mrs. Deeb retired in January 2008 and moved from Buffalo to Matthews, N. C.

In 1990, Mrs. Deeb was activated for the Desert Shield and Desert Storm operations. In 1991, she served in Oman, where her unit and others constructed a 1,000-bed field hospital.

“Her skills and knowledge were first-rate,“ said her husband, Gary, “but first and foremost she always concentrated most strongly on the human element. She liked people and they loved her.”

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Kenyatta Lee; two daughters, Dorothea Mixon and Kyla Lee; two sisters, Cynthia and Vanessa Clay; and a brother, Michael Warren.

A memorial service will be at 6 p. m. Friday in Lombardo Funeral Home, 102 Linwood Ave.