Funeral services for Judith Randall "Judy" age 70, of Prairie City, SD will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at the Beckman Memorial Wesleyan Church in Prairie City, SD. Pastor Brad Burkhalter will officiate with burial at the Prairie City Cemetery.


Judith Ann Woodbury was born on August 26th, 1941 to Norman and Marjorie (Chase) Woodbury at Portsmouth, NH. She was married to Kenneth Randall, Jr. on Dec. 18th 1960. To this union was born 5 children. Judith and Kenneth, Jr. were married 51 years.


Kenny and Judy farmed/ranched together with Kenneth, Sr. and Kenny's brother, Mike until his passing away in Oct of 1973, but continued with the farming operation with Mary Randall until she passed away. Judy graduated from West Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, FL in 1959 but came to South Dakota to be with her aunt and uncle, Ted and Mary Ellen Fried.


Judy was a homemaker for most of her married life but did work as a nurse aid at the Hettinger Hospital for a number of years. She also helped Mary Alma Price for a while before Mary Alma went to the nursing home.


She loved to make beautiful needlework, cross stitch, knitting, crochet, needlepoint and also sewed. Judy was a very good cook and prepared delicious meals for family and friends. She also liked to go fishing with family and was better at it than her husband (according to him). She also had a small garden that grew various vegetables. She loved to do home canning of the vegetables as well as various homemade jellies and jams that even her grandchildren could not get enough of.


For a number of years she belonged to the Hand-E-Hands extension Club which she enjoyed participating with. She was also clerk and treasurer for the Maltby Township for a while.


Judy and Kenny, Jr. joined the Beckman Memorial Wesleyan Church in 1964 and she faithfully attended this church until her health prevented her from doing so for the past 2 months. She passed away at the Western Horizon Care Center in Hettinger ND on Thursday, May 24th, 2012.


Surviving family members include husband, Kenneth, Jr.; children, Paul (Johanna) Randall, David Randall, Marcia (Jerry) Yeik, Philip (Betty) Randall and Stephen (Mary) Randall; brother, Norman "Skip" Woodbury and his sons; Dean, Glenn and Gerry; and aunt, Mary Ellen Fried, along with 13 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.


Judith was preceded in death by her father, Norman Woodbury; her mother, Marjorie Christen; and her stepfather, Charles Christen.


Judy will be remembered as a loving wife, caring mother and awesome grandmother.


Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at church on Tuesday morning.