Denise Lynn Tahmoush

March 4, 1974 - January 13, 2019

Denise Lynn (Dobbins) Tahmoush, 44, of Cary, died on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at Transitions LifeCare in Raleigh. Denise is survived by her husband Brian, her son Jacob and daughter Emily all of the home; her parents David and Patricia Dobbins of Cary and her brother Tony Dobbins of Cary. Denise was born in Iowa, and lived in Framingham, MA before moving to Cary in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Bentley University and was a project manager for Fidelity Investment in Marlborough MA and Durham NC for 22 years. In my opinion Denise was such a special person because she never saw herself as being special. Everyone in her life came first, whether it was me, the kids or her friends she would never put herself first. I always laughed when she would text me to ask if it was alright for her to go out with her friends, just in case some how it would affect my life somehow. Even though she knew I had never said no before. Her friends were and are amazing, I loved the way her friends would come and take her out while going through Chemo. There seemed to always be a lunch, a dinner, drinks with the girls or a 4 hour coffee with someone. Oh and let’s not forget those multiple hour “drinks after work” even though she hadn’t been into the office in two years. I won’t even get into the “Girls Weekends” which I was a huge advocate for, even when weekends turned into a week. She just loved every time she got together with friends. Jacob and Emily were her world; she loved spending time with them whether it was out picking strawberries before school or going out for ice cream or any dessert. It really didn’t matter, she did everything she could to be part of their lives. Whether it was going to softball games or football games to see them, volunteering for school field trips, helping with team meals for the Football team or helping Girl Scouts cookie sales while going through Chemo. But I think her crown accomplishment with the kids was planning to take the kids to London and Paris this spring. She planned everything around them, they all worked together to find things that interested the kids without being too much. She even went up the Eiffel Tower well at least to the second level but get the kids and I had tickets to the top. If you knew how scared of height she was this was a very big deal. it was an amazing trip that all of us will never forget. A Celebration of Denise's life will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 4:00 PM at Crosspointe Church, 6911 Carpenter Fire Station Road, Cary. A private inurnment will be at Wake Memorial Park in Cary. Instead of flowers, please consider honoring her with a donation in her memory to this amazing organization that helps so many kids whose parents have cancer including ours. For those of you who have already given thank you!! Camp Kesem at Duke University https://donate.kesem.org/duke19