WALLENDER,
Judith Ann
(Maiden Name: Anderson)
Published in Today's News Herald on May 16, 2021 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona -
Judith Ann Wallender, 79, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, passed away in
Fountain Hills on May 4th, 2021.
Judy was born in Milaca, Minnesota on April 15th, 1942 to Pearl and
Otto Anderson. She was the youngest of three daughters (Evelyn and
Delores). She graduated as Valedictorian from Milaca High School and
spent one year at St. Olaf College. Judy was married to Bill Siemers
in 1962, giving birth to her oldest son Nathan Siemers in 1964. In
1968 Judy remarried, marrying Dorian Wallender, having two more
children (Joel and Aaron Wallender), and enjoyed 53 years of happy
marriage together.
Over her life, Judy worked as a nurse's aide, telephone operator,
laundromat manager, and a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office. For a
number of years, if you called for directory assistance in the evening
for an Alaskan number, you would have likely been talking to Judy.
Judy, Dorian, and family traveled extensively throughout the United
States over the years, living in Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Oregon, and Alaska, before retiring to Arizona.
In Lake Havasu City she enjoyed the warmer climate with Dorian, her
son Joel, her two dogs, and also became an avid Diamondbacks fan.
Judy is preceded in death by her parents Pearl and Otto Anderson, her
sisters Evelyn Loomis and Delores Finden, and their adored husbands
Merle Loomis and Avery Finden. Judy is survived by her husband Dorian,
her three sons Aaron, Joel, and Nathan, and her 4 grandchildren
Matthew Wallender, Sparrow Wallender, Otto Wallender, and Corrina
Wilson.
The family deeply appreciates the efforts of the physicians, surgeons,
nurses, and staff at Mayo Clinic for their wonderful care of Judy over
the years.