Ladies League – Meet Your Officers – Vice President

Debbie Cyrtmus – Vice President – A Lifetime of Sports

Debbie grew up in Wausau Wisconsin, and learned to love sports and the great outdoors from her parents.  She and her family pursued a variety of sports activities together.  Debbie’s love of golf came from her mother when she started playing at the age of 13.  Debbie’s mom taught her to adhere to the rules of golf and that you ‘always putt out’.  These learnings assisted Debbie when competing which started with her high school golf team, which went to the State Championship at Bullseye Country Club in Wisconsin Rapids her senior year.  Being on the team allowed her to travel around the state and play some great courses.

After high school, Debbie pursued a technical degree in data processing as a start to her diverse career.  Over time, data processing evolved into the Human Resources (HR) field where she had worked for several companies over the years.  Besides the normal Human Resources functions, she took the lead role in implementing several HR/payroll systems. As a Human Resources professional, her main focus was employee benefits, which in her later working years, she took that experience to develop benefits programs for clients at an insurance agency.

Debbie has been with the golf league for six years and has been our Vice President for one year.  For the league, Debbie manages the weekly 9-hole game, ringer (documenting week to week improvements per hole), and the league sign-up software.  She and her husband Dave purchased a place in Eagle River in 2010, moved up north full time in 2019, with Debbie retiring in 2022 and Dave in 2023.  They built a home and just moved in a few months ago.  Together they take advantage of all the beauty the Northwoods has to offer which includes golfing, biking, hiking and snowmobiling.

Other than Dave, Debbie’s joy comes from her grandson Cash, who is five years old.  She is working on making him a golfer, but it’s a slow process!  Debbie and Dave are now enjoying their late winter retirement time in Destin Florida. Together they enjoy the sand on the beach while avoiding sand on the golf course.  They both enjoy giving their time to many organizations in the area they are involved in, such as Eagle River Chain of Lakes Association (ERCLA), the Sno Eagles as well as the Eagle River Chamber of Commerce.