Julia Greenwood

Greenwood, Julia (Judy)
1912 to 2011 - After growing up in the midwest and starting a family, Judy married her second husband, Bill Greenwood, and they moved west to escape the snow. In 1949 they were headed to California desperate to find sunshine. On the way they fell in love with Phoenix, and she remained here until the very end. She never thought of living anywhere else. She and her husband, and occasionally her son, John McDonald and his wife, Margaret, watched Phoenix grow from the hot and dusty desert town after WWII into the metropolis it is today. After her husband died, she gave up her triplex and moved to Fellowship Square. In the fifteen years she lived there she was an active volunteer both in and out the senior living facility. As a charter member of the Shadow Rock church and an active participant in the Fellowship Square library, she still had time to crochet blankets for the handicapped. Over the years at three or four blankets a month, she estimated over 700 completed. Over the years she loved music, fishing and traveling, with family or friends. Her husband swore she could fish out a bass hole before he could get the motor stopped. She knew the words and melodies of hundreds of the songs from the thirties, forties and fifties and could still belt them out at 93. Her love of dogs pervaded her entire life. In her earlier years, she bred and raised poodles and later miniature schnauzers. Her travels with her husband, family and friends were a continued source of enjoyment, even after she was confined to a walker or wheel chair. Her last trip was to California for Christmas with her son, daughter in law and grandchildren. Her hobbies at Fellowship square was focused on card games, bingo and dominos. She was good at all of them. Card games were another volunteer focus. She spent many hours with less capable residents of the assisted living apartments teaching and playing various games for their entertainment. At heart she was sentimental in the best sense of the word. She was independent in her living almost to the end and she fought hard to live life to its fullest. She bemoaned the two strokes and the broken ankle that kept her from her favorite exercise, the tread mill. She gave that up at 93. Even so, she almost made 100. She is survived by a son, daughter in law, three grand children, three great grand children and four great, great grandchildren. Services will be grave side for family. In lieu of flowers , please make a contribution to American Heart Association.
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