Kathleen Judge

Mrs. Kathleen (Revis) Judge, 83, of 397 North Road, Shelburne, N.H. passed away on Saturday morning, December 9, 2006 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, N.H. She was born in Englewood, N.J. on January 18, 1923, the daughter of William and Marguerite (Stuart) Revis. Her early years were spent in Englewood and India, where her father was a lay missionary. When she was 16, her family moved to Charlottesville, Va., and there she developed a lifelong passion for horses. She attended Randolph Macon Women's College and Bucknell University and worked as a laboratory technician in Charlottesville, VA and Denver, Colo., before joining the National Geographic Magazine as their first woman staff photographer. Her assignments varied from dog and horse shows to literary landmarks of the British Isles, but her favorite assignments involved hiking, skiing, and horseback riding in mountains of the United States and Europe. She came to the White Mountains on assignment to photograph the hut system of the Appalachian Mountain Club, where she met her husband-to-be Stanley Judge. After marrying and settling in Shelburne she devoted herself to raising her three children and community activities. She was an active member of the Gorham Congregational Church, a trustee and librarian of the Shelburne Town Library for over 40 years, served for many years as a supervisor of the checklist in Shelburne, was a longtime member of the American Association of University Women and worked tirelessly at their annual book sale, and contributed time to many other charitable endeavors. In 1995 she was awarded the Outstanding Municipal Volunteer award by the NH Municipal Association. Meanwhile she continued skiing, hiking, and horseback riding, enjoying all that the White Mountains have to offer. She maintained her interest in photography and her lifelong love of books, which in later years she shared with her three young grandchildren. Members of the family include her husband Stanley Judge of Shelburne; son Francis Judge of Spokane, Wash.; daughter Anne Judge of Somerville, Mass.; and daughter Carla Wilson and grandchildren Timothy, Amity and Fiona Wilson of Barnstead, N.H. She is also survived by sisters Anne Grosvenor of Bethesda, Md., Sara Revis of Washington, D.C., and Rowena Jones of Marquette, Mich.; brother Stuart Revis of Tampa, Fla.; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister Muriel Hubona of Richmond, Va. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 on Saturday morning, December 16, at the Gorham Congregational Church, UCC in Gorham, N.H. Interment will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery in Shelburne, with a reception at Philbrook Farm Inn immediately after. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Gorham Congregational Church, 143 Main Street, Gorham NH 03581; Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, 99 Hanover Street, Manchester NH 03105; or The Friends of Philbrook Farm, The Conservation Fund, 1655 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22209. Bryant Funeral Home 1 Promenade Street in Gorham, NH is in charge of the arrangements.