Judy has lived in Collegeville, Pa all of her life. She was a lifelong member of St. Luke United Church of Christ of Trappe, Pa She graduated from Montgomery Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. She began her nursing career with Montgomery Hospital, then with Morris Manor Nursing Home in Plymouth Meeting, Pa, and then was a nurse at Ursinus College before she retired she worked as a substitute nurse with Methacton and Springford School Districts. Judy was an avid baseball fan, first with her late husband who played with the Phillies Minor teams.