Mom with two of her oldest friends at the holidays

Left-to-right: Aunt Betty, Louie Miller, Mom - sometime in the 1970's, I think.

 

Obituary

 Oberbruner, Judy J.

MADISON - Judy J. Oberbruner, age 59, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at the Hospice Care Center. 

She was born on Nov. 23, 1943, in Milwaukee, Wis., the daughter of Gino and Sadie (Gerizzo) Nofri.

Judy graduated from Beloit Memorial High School in 1961. She attended cosmetology school in Madison and received her Beauticians License in 1965. She continued her education at MATC, and was one of the first women to obtain an apprenticeship in carpentry, followed by her journeyman certification in Dallas, Texas. She went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin in 1991 with a bachelors degree in Womens' Studies and a bachelors degree in Social Work. S

he has been a crisis home provider/social worker for Dane County Mental Health for the past eight years. During this time, she housed, cared for, and counseled over 500 people in her home. She was awarded the Unsung Heroine Award in 2001 by NAMI (National Assoc. of Mental Illness). She was a dedicated advocate for the disabled as well as an active member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. 

Other accomplishments she was most proud of include: Powder Puff Race Car Driver and one of Madison's first female bus drivers. 

Her hobbies include rubber stamping, gardening, surfing the Internet, and specializing in grand-parenting. 

She is survived by her three children, Daniel A. Stafford of Plainfield, Ill., Lori A. Price of Madison, and Jeffrey M. Stafford of Beloit; six grandchildren, Jessica R. Garcia of Dallas, Texas, Kassia Garcia of Madison, Chad M. Leech of Madison, Justin J. Purdy-Stafford of Minocqua, and twins, Chase M. Stafford and Chancellor J. Stafford of Beloit; and also many wonderful friends. 

A Celebration of Life gathering will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003 at the EAGLES CLUB, 2109 Bartillion Dr., Madison, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. All friends and family will be welcome. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family, 19 Morrow Ct., Madison, WI 53704. 

We would especially like to thank Hospice Care for their outstanding care and kindness. 

She will be sadly missed by so many, for so long, for giving so much! 

Schroeder-Cress Funeral Home Madison, WI

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195238971/judith-jean-oberbruner

Cleaned Up Pic of Mom In Her 20's

 This pic of Mom (Judy) would've been taken around 1967 or 1968 I believe.

Mom was going through cosmetology school at the time, and would be in that field for 15 years after graduation.

My sister Lori, brother Jeff, and I all grew up in and around "beauty salons," as they were called at the time.

Happy Birthday Mom!

It's been nearly 17 years since Mom left the planet. Here are a few photos of her in her younger days. I kind of like the celebratory mood in each, almost as if she were getting ready to go to her birthday party in each picture, and celebrating with her grandchildren in the last one.

Click on any picture to view it full-size.

Mom in the 1950's

Mom, early 1960's

Mom, late 1960's

Mom, early 1990's

Mom from November Twenty-Sixth, 2000

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Issue # 37-Sunday
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Title of Article:
Letter To The Editor-Mike

Author:
Judy Oberbruner

Article:
Hi
If there ever was a time to start a movement this is it. This young man
needs an attorney to go at the system tooth and nail. Actually a public plea
would help. Start a Free Mike campaign even if leaflets need to be printed
and plastered all over the country. This sounds like a clear case of system
abuse.

He won't survive with out that kind of help.

Call and re call TV, newspapers, celebrities, legislators, governor, any
one you can think of.

Use any legal means possible.

I have worked in institutions and know if they have a judges order they can
medicate at will.

Judy Oberbruner

The Pearl Of Sorrow...

...is a wound that never fully heals,

For even if Odin's Raven were to tear it from your beating heart like a bug
and fly away with it,

There is still the empty gap in your breast that fills in with the scar
tissue of a love gone missing from your life.

The Universe is filled with galaxies of love and light fleeing a void.

Dark energy, indeed.

Dan

Aunt Felicia...

I remember Mom found Gramma, her biological mother, and Gramma had adopted another girl later on. This is my Aunt Felicia when she was 15. She is 11 months older than me, so I was about 14 when this pic was taken.

Dan

Thinking of Mom tonight. It would've been her birthday yesterday. I think it would've been 66. She passed on in early 2003. It's hard to believe it's been almost seven years now.