TITLE: Madelene A. Judd, Obituary, March 3, 2001 SUMITTERS: COLEBROOK NEWS & SENTINEL "Independent but not Neutral" 1 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576 (603) 237-5501 (issue-Mar 7, 2001 ) FORMATTED: by CParziale, Mar 2001 ***************************************************************************** MADELENE JUDD Madelene A. Judd, 74, of Pittsburg, died at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook on Saturday morning, March 3, 2001 after a long illness. Born on October 23, 1926 in Pittsburg, she was the daughter of Harry F. and Althea (Hurlbert) Huggins. She was a 1944 graduate of Pittsburg High School and attended nursing training at the Maine Medical Center. She was married to Burnham (Bing) Judd on October 2, 1954. Mrs. Judd worked as a telephone switchboard operator in Pittsburg during the 1950s and '60s. Later she worked as an Avon representative for over 10 years. In the early '70s she became a certified ambulance attendant and an emergency medical technician, and later became an EMT First Aid instructor and a Red Cross certified CPR instructor. She was a member of the Board of Overseers for Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook. Mrs. Judd was an excellent scenery painter, receiving numerous awards at the Lancaster Fair for both her paintings and hooked rugs. She enjoyed golf, knitting, crocheting, hunting, fishing, and travelling, especially to Florida. In addition to being very active in the Republican Party, she served for five years as President of Home Health and several years as the President of the Pittsburg Historical Society. She served as the Financial Secretary of the Farnham Memorial Methodist Church in Pittsburg. Mrs. Judd was a fifty-year member of the Grange, having been a member in Colebrook and more recently Pittsburg. She is survived by Bing Judd, her loving husband of 46 years; two sons, Eric Stohl of Columbia and Don Stohl of Braintree, Vt.; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Norma) Burns of West Stewartstown and Ruth Grant of Pittsburg; five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by a son, Bruce Stohl. Calling hours were held on Monday, March 5 at the Newmans Funeral Home in Colebrook, and funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 6 at Farnham Memorial Methodist Church in Pittsburg. Interment will be at the Hollow Cemetery in Pittsburg in the spring. Those wishing to make memorials in Mrs. Judd's name may send donations to the Farnham Memorial Methodist Church, c/o Regina Ormsbee, P.O. Box 306, Pittsburg, NH 03592. Funds will be used for the construction of an addition to the church in memory of Madelene. (Issue of March 7, 2001) **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.