Woodward, Judith M.

Judith Marie Woodward was born on September 23, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Naperville, and moved to Rochester, New York in 1978 where she settled with her family in Perinton. There she raised her three children, Kelly, Erin and Matthew.

Judy was like a second mom to most of her children’s friends. She was endlessly gregarious, loving and understanding. Always willing to provide, whether it a couch to crash on, steady-handed advice, or just a warm, loving hug. She was effortlessly kind.

She moved to the village of Fairport in 1992. There, that same generous spirit which her children’s friends knew so well, found a new calling when Judy joined into local politics, like the Fairport Beautification Committee. Always looking to help make the world around her into a better place for everyone.

Judy loved the Adirondack Mountains, and traveled there often to vacation. The rustic, calm and enormous spirit of the landscape moved her, and she modeled her own home as if it were a cabin, surrounding herself with antiques, serene and small handmade things. A quiet life and little irreplaceable treasures, because she knew the great value of the world lived in the small things.

Her young grandkids, Nolan and Elliot, were the light of her life. She loved laughing with them and, with tremendous gusto and pride, would often recount the hilarious things they did and said on any given afternoon. Holidays were a sweethearted jubilee of family and food and gift-giving. She pulled out all the stops, because that’s the way it should be.

She instilled into her life, from her home to family and friends, a deep joy and gratitude for the hand God dealt her. Anything at all that was hers was also yours. She was everything to everyone: a reliable, unforgetting neighbor, a poetic drinking buddy, a grounded and powerful mother, and a good friend. And she expected that the world try to give that back to itself, indeed, against everything, to be always good and generous and kind. And to forgive.

She is survived by her loving Children Kelly (Woodward, Triolo), and husband Jamie, Erin (Woodward, Roughsedge) and husband Brad, and her son Matthew, and grandchildren Nolan Robert and Elliot David. She is also survived by her nephew Robert, and brother Robert and wife Julie.