Judith Mildred Bolling Shirey

Mom...

Judith Bolling Shirey, 72, of 224 Main St., Orangeville, passed away Monday morning, Aug. 9, 2004.

She was born Apr. 1, 1932 to Wythe T. Bolling and Elizabeth T. Bolling in Scranton.

A 1955 graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College, she taught in New Jersey and Pennsylvania elementary schools.

She was a faithful member of the Orangeville United Church of Christ and taught Sunday School there for many years.

Civic-minded, she was a member of the UCC Women's Guild and Orangeville Civic Club and Library Board; she was always willing to serve.

She is survived by husband John L. Shirey, son Mark T. Shirey, daughter Gretchen J. Shirey, granddaughter Jocelyn, sisters Virginia Winters of Tunkhannock and Barbara Haag of Towanda, and brother Blair Bolling of Camp Hill.

A private memorial will be held at the convenience of the family.

     There Goes Judy

When she was a little girl
Her siblings would hear a crash or a glass break in another room and say
"There goes Judy!"

When she was a beautiful coed
Her young husband-to-be, and others no doubt, might see her and say,
"There goes Judy"

When she was a hard-working wife, teacher, mother, and volunteer,
Wherever there was a need she could meet,
There goes Judy

When she dropped a glass, or worse, as an adult
She would still sometimes say, with acceptance of herself,
"There goes Judy!"

When she became a passenger instead of a driver,
Wherever John went,
There goes Judy

When her memory slowed and her body bent,
Many shook their heads sadly and thought
"There goes Judy"

When heaven accepted her, premature in death as she was in birth,
We could look up and find comfort knowing that
There goes Judy

And now, remember that, in me, in Gretchen, 
In Dad, in her siblings, and in everyone she ever touched,
There goes Judy.

     - Mark T. Shirey, Aug 2004