Canaan, N.H. — Debra Kierstead, 55, Wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend. She would have described herself using those words as she was an extension of those names. Debbie lost her courageous 2 1/2 year battle with brain cancer at home surrounded by family on Aug. 15, 2016. She was born on May 1, 1961 in Rome, N.Y.

Debbie was the most selfless, strong, loving, kind, giving, caring, thoughtful, and generous woman.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, visiting Maine, and riding through the Kangamangus Highway. Many summers were spent camping and going to fairs to pull horses. She loved Winslow State Park and having family cookouts at Mount Kearsarge. She always enjoyed throwing a pig roast or BBQ and eating cheeseburgers. Kierstead Chaos Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday.

She is survived by her loving husband, Chris, of 37 years, daughter, Jennifer Hall, and grandchildren; Rylee and Ryan, of McIndoe Falls, Vt., son, Christopher Jr., and his wife Melissa and grandchildren Nathin, Alexis, Peyton, and Zoey of Lebanon, N.H., son, Joshua, and his wife, Jennifer, and granddaughters; Hannah and Olivia, daughter, Carrie, and her husband, Jake, and grandchildren, Jillian and Tyler of Swanzey, N.H., father, Robert Adams, sisters; Lynne Michaud and Carol Pearson, brother, Donald Adams, several nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters in law, cousins, as well as, her mother in law, Rita Kierstead.

She was preceeded in death by her son, Michael, her mother, Nadine Adams, and her father in law, Thomas Kierstead.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday Aug. 27, 2016 at St. Mary’s in Canaan at 11 a.m. Please bring a dish and join us in a celebration of life immediately following at Winslow State Park in Wilmot, N.H. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Bayada Hospice.