Deborah N. Hamilton Ballentine, 54, of Gibsonia passed away Thursday morning at UPMC Passavant Hospital, McCandless Township.

Born in Bellevue, April 3, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Lewis G. and Marilyn Walters Hamilton.

She was a Lutheran.

She worked for Shady Oaks, where she was a nurses aide.

Surviving are her husband, Donald W. Ballentine, who she married Aug. 25, 1973; a daughter, Amy (Brian) Hiltabidel of Cleveland, Ohio; a son, Donald W. Ballentine Jr. of Bairdford, near Gibsonia; and her cat, Gus.

<B>BALLENTINE</B> Friends and relatives of Deborah N. Hamilton Ballentine, who died Thursday April 2, 2009, are invited to a gathering to celebrate her life from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at <B>A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home</B>, Evans City.Memorial donations may be made to the Butler County Humane Society, 1015 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.Additional information can be obtained at www.kinsey-volzfuneralhome.com.