Debbie Van Tassel has eye surgery

Debbie Van Tassel, before & after cataract surgery

Debbie Van Tassel, who went from the BJ to the PD to the Arizona Republic, is among three million Americans who have cataract surgery each year, at an average cost of $3,279 per eye.

Debbie’s titles at the PD ranged from business editor to assistant managing editor. Before Akron, she worked at Seattle and Philadelphia newspapers.

Husband Stuart Warner, who also went from the BJ to the PD to Arizona, was a Case Western Reserve University journalism instructor after his 2008 buyout from the Plain Dealer, where he was writing coach and projects director.

Their daughter, Columbia University graduate Denise, is an editor at Billboard.com. Denise was a sports standout at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson.

Another daughter, Mandy, married Caleb Poynter,  moved to Pasadena, California and made Stu a grandfather a decade ago.