Deborah Susan Hammond, 70, of East Granby, CT, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022. Born in Brattleboro, VT, daughter of the late Ralph Nathan Hammond, Jr., and Dorothy Mildred (Jackman) Hammond, she was raised in Granby and earned her BA from Ohio Wesleyan University. 

After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps in 1973 serving in Thailand teaching health and nutrition courses where she met and married her former husband Sarote Roskunpanit. She was then employed by the International Rescue Committee and JVA processing refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos for over 16 years returning to Silver Springs, MD where she taught Thai to embassy children and worked on exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum. She then joined United Technologies where she managed Asian countries suppliers providing specialized parts to Pratt & Whitney, retiring in 2020. 

Deborah was an avid reader, played the guitar, gardened, crocheted, enjoyed bird watching, traveling, and music, especially the opera. She was a big supporter of bald eagle and big cat rescue organizations. 

She leaves her beloved sister Kathleen J. Hammond of Torrington; her former husband Sarote; her aunt, Susan Jackman, her many cousins whom she loved so much. Besides her parents she was predeceased by her brother Ralph A. Hammond, her sister Ruth Barker White and brother-in-law, James L. White and her beloved cats, Sheba and Fred. 

She will be buried in Williamsville Cemetery, Williamsville, VT with her family privately. Her family requests donations in her memory be made to either The International Rescue Committee or CT Cat Connection, Cat Rescue, 40 Stevens Mill Road, Windsor, CT 06095. The Hayes Huling & Carmon Funeral home of Granby is caring for the arrangements. For condolences, please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.