John, Bob, Mike, Cyndi, and families, I am so sorry for your loss.
What can I say? Judi “Wudi”, as my Nana called her has been an integral part of my life since I was 4 years. She was my baby sitter, my first teacher before I was old enough to go to school. She was my mother’s other daughter. She, Louise, and Joyce basically lived at my house . . . Monopoly, puzzles, making homemade ice cream to go with Miss Clara’s homemade cakes. Eating Nana’s crab cakes when she came to town. I remember my Mom and I taking her to college in Salisbury. Walking through her dorm, she introduced me to everyone. I thought I was something else. She always made me feel important as she did everyone. She was so excited to start her professional career. I remember making things for her first classroom . . . Everything “Pooh”. She was a constant in my life. All the significant events whether big or small, church and school related, college graduation, planning my wedding, meeting me when I came back from Germany with a new baby. She went on to teach that little boy in 3rd grade too. According to him, she was his best and most favorite! She was there for the rough times too, a divorce, my brother’s major health scare, my son’s bout with cancer and subsequent death at 19, my youngest son’s fathers death, and my Mother’s long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She and John were and have been there for my Dad these last 10 years since her passing.
That day on Lewes Beach when she married John was one of her happiest and with that marriage came many many more.
Judi was a giver! She always put everyone first. . . people mattered to her. She had an unforgettable laugh and smile that warmed the hardest heart.
The last time I saw her she was leaving to go camping for a couple weeks and she was so excited to be getting away, just her, John, and the menagerie of those little 4 legged babies she loved so much.
I will take my memories with me and practice the principle of giving to others that she imparted on me.
I’ll Love You Forever, I’ll Like You for Always, as long as I’m living my Judi Wudi you’ll be🙏
