Marie Stevens Judge

GUILDHALL - Marie Stevens Judge, 90, died at the Country Village Nursing Home on January 23, 2015 surrounded by her family and friends.

Marie was born in Epsom, NH on September 10, 1924 and was the oldest of three daughters of Edgar and Ruth (Pike) Stevens.  She moved to Lancaster, NH in 1938 with her family, attended Lancaster Academy, was employed at Frank Smith's and later was introduced to the love of her life, Wayne Judge, on a blind date (orchestrated by none other than Dick Monahan).  After marriage they took up residence at the Judge Farm in Guildhall, Vermont where they raised their family and her roots remained for over 70 years.  Wayne predeceased her in 1979.

In her day she was active in Eastern Star and was an honorary Worthy Matron of the Willena Benton Chapter in Guildhall, the Guildhall Community Church, the Guildhall School Board, the Busy Beavers 4-H Club.  She was always on a committee for various fund raisers, hunter suppers and charitable events, her biggest event was being involved in the Guildhall's 200

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bicentennial celebration.  She worked for many years as a waitress and hostess at the Lancaster Motel, the Mountain View and later at the Lancaster Diner.

For many years she was the bus driver for the Guildhall School, driving and maintaining her own bus.  Many a story she would tell of "pikin" off a partridge with the bumper of the bus on her way home from delivering her kids to school.  She made an awesome partridge pie (it took about 8 hits to feed a family of seven).

She loved cooking, gardening, flowers, birds, nature and the outdoors.  Preserving natures beauty was a hobby she enjoyed by collecting and pressing flowers, ferns, leaves and butterfly wings which she crafted into lamp shades and picture frames to give as gifts.  She loved game shows, eating chocolate, popcorn and playing skip-bo, but her favorite all time treat was eating lobster whenever possible!

She loved people and had a great sense of humor, but mostly she loved her family.  She leaves behind her five children, William Judge and wife Susan of Wakefield, NH; Kendall Judge and wife Dorothy of Dillingham, AK; Bonnie Judge of Guildhall, VT; Steven Judge and wife Carrie of Kenai, AK; Wesley Judge and wife Janet of Buxton, ME; seven grandchildren, Jennifer Judge, Valerie Gainer, Joshua Judge, Geanina Shillings, Alec Judge, Shane Judge, Gregory Judge, Erin Judge and 6 great-grandchildren.  Marie was predeceased by her sisters Laura Stevens Gonyer, Madeline Stevens Jenkins and three grandchildren, Ryan and Heather Judge and Trapheme Angason.

There will be no calling hours at Marie's request.  She wished to be remembered as you knew and loved her.  A celebration of her life will be held at the Whitefield Christian Church, 3 School Street, on Saturday evening, February 7

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at 5:00 PM.  Reverend Lou Going, pastor, will officiate.  A reception will follow at the Church for family and friends.  Burial will be at a later date at the Ridgwell Cemetery in Guildhall.

In lieu of flowers please help us celebrate Marie's life by planting a tree or something that live on to help glorify God's beauty around us, of which she loved.