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Heidi Tyler

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Dec 2, 2025, 8:38:20 AMDec 2
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I was informed this morning that Judy Peitscher passed away. She had been in assisted living in decline but still a joy to her family. She had taught social studies in public schools and at the college level.
May we cherish good memories of one another and may we all be aware of the many blessings we have.
Heidi

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Chuck Tulloh

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Dec 2, 2025, 8:44:26 AMDec 2
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Very sorry and troubled to hear this. Thank you for sharing.

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Anne Michalko

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Dec 2, 2025, 8:53:44 AMDec 2
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Thank you for sharing Heidi!  Just got back to Florida after a long week-end - my, it was COLD up there - with a little hail mixed in!  Glad I live down here now!

Anne

Sally Kiser

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Dec 2, 2025, 8:59:01 AMDec 2
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Thanks for sharing Heidi.  So sorry to see this. Judy was a good friend and will be missed by family and friends! 
Sally Hess Kiser 


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richard king

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Dec 2, 2025, 9:27:40 AMDec 2
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Suzanne Daddis

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Dec 2, 2025, 9:29:12 AMDec 2
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I'm so sorry to hear this.  Judy was a bright light among our classmates, and I know she will be missed by her family and friends.



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Elizabeth Lehman

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Dec 2, 2025, 11:19:41 AMDec 2
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Heidi,

Thanks for sharing this info.  I wondered why I had not
heard from Judy last Christmas.  We had been in touch
over the years, and I enjoyed hearing about her many
grandchildren and her activities with her family.  We had
an active friendship in high school, and I know others in
our group will miss her, as well.

Betsey Lehman (Liz Mann)

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Skip Gundlach

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Dec 2, 2025, 12:29:10 PMDec 2
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Thanks, Heidi,

That so many of us remain not only alive but vibrant active folks pleases me greatly.

Happy Holidays (all dozen or so, regardless of whether you observe them) between now and 12th night!

L8R
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Dean Turner

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Dec 2, 2025, 12:53:56 PMDec 2
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Heidi, greatly appreciate your passing along the news of Judy’s passing. My recollection of her is that of a very caring individual who will be sorely missed. 

Dean 

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Judi McCall

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Dec 2, 2025, 1:18:19 PMDec 2
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Sorry to hear this sad news. Judy was such a lovely person and certainly will be missed by her family and friends. Thank you Heidi for keeping everyone informed.

Judi Nield McCall

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Anne War

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Dec 2, 2025, 2:14:22 PMDec 2
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Heidi--thank you for sharing this sad news. What a lovely girl! It was a pleasure to have known her.
Best to all,
Anne (Tate)

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Dec 2, 2025, 2:23:19 PMDec 2
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Thank you for sharing this, Heidi. I remember Judy as a warm, caring person who was well liked by us all. I know she will be kept in our hearts. ❤️


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Sharon Wright

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Dec 2, 2025, 4:03:39 PMDec 2
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So sorry to hear of Judy's passing. She was a special friend of mine all through high school. Sharon Ralston Wright 


Judith Delaney

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Dec 2, 2025, 6:21:44 PMDec 2
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Saddened to hear of Judy’s passing, I will always remember her kindness and beautiful smile. Thanks Heidi for sharing the news.
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Judy was such a nice person. I remember her well. RIP Judy!

Chuck Tulloh

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Dec 2, 2025, 6:54:22 PMDec 2
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Where has all the time gone since we were kids? These losses are happening to us more and more. It’s a bit like stepping off on a dark stairway, and after a frantic eternity, landing. That feeling of an indescribable, protracted, unending drop seems the very essence of an abyss.

I recommend Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem; as masterful a recitation of the emptiness of loss as you can find.

Dirge Without Music

BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.

So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.  Crowned

With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.

 

Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.

Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.

A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,

A formula, a phrase remains,—but the best is lost.

 

The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,—

They are gone.  They are gone to feed the roses.  Elegant and curled

Is the blossom.  Fragrant is the blossom.  I know.  But I do not approve.

More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.

 

Quietly they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;

Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.

I know.  But I do not approve.  And I am not resigned.

Chuck Tulloh

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Treacy Malloy

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Dec 2, 2025, 7:08:36 PMDec 2
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Thank you, Chuck, for the poem. It says exactly what I feel.

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