- Date Of Birth: April 16, 1941
- Date Of Death: January 6, 2010
- State: Missouri
Judith Ann Hedenberg of St. James, Missouri passed away at her home on Saturday, January 6, 2010. She was 68 years, 8 months, and 21 days of age.
Judith Hedenberg was born on April 16, 1941 in Decatur, Illinois to her parents: Harold and Ann (Strange) Melhorn.
Judy had two older brothers: Don and Clarence (nicknamed Dutch). She grew up in Decatur and lived there her whole life until about age 21 or 22. She married Bill Hedenberg in June of 1961. Judy graduated from high school in Decatur, Illinois and she attended Milliken University in Decatur for one or two years before she married. Sheryl (nicknamed Sherry) was her first and only baby and only son was born on February 19, 1965. Both Sherry and Dennis were born in Decatur like their mother. Judy moved around a lot early in life with her former husband, Bill. The cities she lived in included Decatur, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Detroit, MI: Wayzata, MN; Brooklyn Center, MN; St. Louis and finally to St. James, Missouri. She lived in Minneapolis around 1970 for many years before moving to St. James where both of her brothers retired. Judy worked as a nurse’s aid, bookkeeper at a publishing company near Minneapolis; cost estimating at the advertising firm Campbell-Mithun in Minneapolis; real estate agent and waitressing at a local restaurant in town. When her children were young she was the only mom on the block to get out and play with the neighborhood kids in a game of kickball or softball. She would yell to her daughter from the bleachers and acted as her personal cheerleader. She was always trying to teach her kids to be a good sport; to say something nice or say nothing at all; to not interrupt people when someone else is speaking; to have good table manners; to always tell the truth and be the best person they could be. Judy was a room mother; helped with the school holiday parties. Judy and Bill bought a boat and the family would go on boating, camping fishing trips together.
