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A staple of the College of St. Mary community in Omaha, Nebraska, Sister Judith touched many lives and made an impact on those around her.
A proud graduate of Mercy High School in Omaha, Nebraska, she often had roles in theater that involved dancing. Sister Judy participated in dancing of a different sort when she spent her lunch hours with classmates listening and dancing to the juke box.
After graduation from high school, she entered the Sisters of Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 18. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the College of St. Mary and a master’s degree in library science from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. For the last 30 years, she was a librarian at the College of Saint Mary.
She started as an elementary school teacher for 23 years educating first to fifth graders in North Dakota and Colorado. She has also worked in medical records, and as a high school bookkeeper, and volunteered at several libraries. Her most fun seasonal challenge was teaching downhill skiing to the disabled at Winter Park, Colorado for 12 years. She also enjoyed dance and art lessons, camping, reading, knitting and lace making.
A true woman of Mercy, Sister Judith always was being led by God’s Spirit.