Spokane, Wash. - Debra Ann Klein passed away in Spokane, Washington on December 30, 2018 at the age of 51.

She was born on December 23, 1967 in Fosston, Minnesota to Ralph and Donna Klein and was the fifth of eight children. She grew up in the northwestern Minnesota town of Grygla, population 211, and graduated from high school in 1986. One of her favorite stories to tell from high school was how she totaled the driver's education car. She started college at the University of Minnesota-Crookston and transferred to Minnesota State University Moorhead in 1988. She graduated in 1992 with deg...