NEWARK - Deborah Finocchio Coates died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Born to the late Martha Jane Horseman and Joseph A. Finocchio in Salisbury, she was a 1976 graduate of Wicomico High School.
After high school, she lived in Wilmington, where she worked in the bar and restaurant business for 17 years. Following that, she owned and operated the "Got It Made" gift shop for six years. She and her husband moved to Roanoke, Va., in 1996. There, she worked at Ingleside Retirement Apartments in 2012.
She is survived by her husband of 22 years, Peter Coates; a sister, Wanda Jean Adshead; and a nephew, Daniel Adshead.
A funeral service was held on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at Short Funeral Home in Delmar. Interment was in Springhill Memory Gardens in Hebron.