Jeanette "Judy" Kegley (1937-2008)

KEGLEY, YOUNG, MOFFATT, HOLST, PIPPINS, LAIR, GILLETTE, MADDEN, BRADLEY, MCCANN

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 4/9/2008 at 20:57:09

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

Jeanette "Judy" Kegley, 70, longtime Ames resident, died Tuesday, April 8, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way. A private family service is being planned. Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 10, 2008.

Nov. 24, 1937-April 8, 2008

Jeannette "Judy" Kegley, 70, longtime resident of Ames, died Tuesday, April 8, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way. A private family service is being planned. Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Judy was born Nov. 24, 1937, in Council Bluffs, the daughter of Charles and Mary Moffatt Young. She graduated from Ames High School in 1955 and graduated with distinction from Iowa State University in 1973 with a degree in English and was named to the honor society, Phi Kappa Phi.

She spent her working years counseling women and families at Planned Parenthood, MICA and the YWCA. She had a keen interest in politics. She also was interested in art, literature, theater and physical fitness. She enjoyed her granddaughters, Meg and Laurel, and spent special times with granddaughter, Jillian. She especially enjoyed family and holiday gatherings. She was generous, loving and kind to all and was exquisitely sensitive.

She is survived by her husband, Colby Kegley, of Ames, whom she married June 19, 1982; three children from her marriage to Barry Holst, Tracy (Del) Holst Pippins, of Cedar Rapids, Audrey (Mark) Holst Lair, of Ames, and Richard Holst, of Ames; three grandchildren, Meg Gillette, Laurel Gillette and Jillian Holst; mother, Mary Young, of Story City; two sisters, Roberta (Jerry David) Madden, of Baton Rouge, La., and Sherry Bradley, of Ames; one brother, Charles Loren (Judy) Young, of Rockwood, Tenn.; and two stepchildren, Rachel (Tim) McCann, of Des Moines, and Neil (Stephanie) Kegley, of Denver, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her father.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Israel Family Hospice House or the American Institute of Cancer Research.

Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.

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