Judith Morrow

Judith C. "Judy" Morrow, 76, of Bloomington passed away peacefully Tuesday at home with her loving family by her side. She was born on April 26, 1935 in Brazil, IN. She married Robert E. "Bob" Morrow on 6/16/1956. Judy is survived by her husband Bob, her three children Bill Morrow, Cam (husband Mike) Nahas and Rob Morrow, brother Tom Rahe, sister Kay Nute and grandchildren Adam Nahas, Mason Morrow-Isles, Catherine (husband Steven) Comstock, Ian Morrow-Isles and Madelyn Nahas. She was preceded in death by her parents William J. and Arme Na (Hutson) Rahe. Judy worked forMonroeCo. Community School Corp. for 35 years, 33 as Dept. Chair of Foreign Languages and Gifted/Talented programs atBloomingtonHigh SchoolSouth. She also taught Advanced Foreign Language classes several summers at Indiana University. She served as Director of Gifted/Talented for a special summer program at IU. She worked several years teaching Spanish for IU's correspondence school and in 1970 won national recognition for a program she wrote for first year Spanish courses. Writing programs was a special interest. She designed and wrote mini-courses for advanced foreign language and also a program for use in middle schools to help students decide which foreign languet to study. She gave presentations at several Central States FL conferences and also spoke throughout the central states at individual schools. Retiring in 1995, she served several years as President of the Monroe County Retired Teacher's Association, served on the board of directors for Meals on Wheels and also as president of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority in Monroe County. Judy's hobbies and special interests included; family genealogy, ceramics, basket weaving and reading almost everything she could get her hands on. She loved to spend time with her kids and grandkids, time outdoors and especially working with her flowers. Following diagnosis of lung cancer in spring of 2009, she slowed down a lot, but was still able to enjoy the things she cared about most until the last few days of her life. She and the family are especially grateful for the support received by IU Health Bloomington Hospital's Hospice staff. A funeral mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22nd at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 4607 W. State Rd 46, Bloomington IN 47404 (call for directions, internet maps are incorrect). Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at Allen Funeral Home, 4155 S. Old State Road 37, Bloomington, IN. Donations to IU Health Hospice of Bloomington Hospital may be sent to PO Box 1149, Bloomington IN 47402.

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Judith Morrow

April 26, 1935 - January 1, 1753