Debi Roach is all about family and community and the connections that inevitably grow from both.

In May of this year, Debi will begin her 20th year employed at Baldor-Nupar where she does payroll, accounting, supply ordering and special projects. Nupar is a Rogers County industry located in Tiawah.

In that position, Debi finds herself coordinating Nupar’s critical need blood drives. “This is my seventh year to do two blood drives a year,” Debi said. Critical needs are times close to the holidays when blood supplies are low. Debi also co-chairs Nupar’s United Way drives and is a member of the Rogers State University Alumni Board of Directors.

That short introduction is enough to know that Debi believes community service is important. However, Debi also believes family is paramount.

She has been married to Eddie Roach, another Rogers County native, since Nov. 29, 1969. They are members of Blue Starr Church of Christ and parents to four children.

Debi was a homeroom mother at Claremont Elementary for 12 straight years.

“I didn’t know what to do with myself until Darcy (her youngest child) became old enough to attend and then I did it five more years,” Debi said.

Darcy Z. Roach, a sophomore at Claremore High School and where she is the singer for the Jazz Band and is in choir and the school play. She was also one of Claremore’s Best and Brightest and is a member of the Claremore Symphony League.

Darcy portrayed “Annie” at Claremore Upper Elementary and has been in several productions including “Oklahoma” and “Hello, Dolly.” She is now one of the Little Red Riding Hoods in this year’s production “Into the Forest.”

Debi, who is also a painter and crafter, said, “I think our greatest creations are our children and grandchildren.”

Eddie and Debi are also parents to Bridgette Roach Seago, their eldest, a physical therapist at Claremore Indian Health Services, and mother of granddaughter Hailey and grandson Seth; Breanna Roach Weber, a case management specialist for DirectTV and mother of granddaughter Melody and grandson Ethan.

Their third child is Eddie Roach Jr. He is first assistant golf course superintendent at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman. Eddie Jr. will graduate from Oklahoma State University in the this spring with a degree in turf management. He is also an alumni of Rogers State University and one of the founding fathers of the first fraternity on campus, Pi Kappa Alpha

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