JUDITH HECHT

Judy was an amazing woman. Smart, funny, humble, kind--I have thought of her often in the decades since I worked for her at UDRI. Two stories stand out, and in case she never told them to her kids, here they are: (1) She told us one day that when she first got married, she would save all the fat that got rendered from bacon and other meats, in a can on the back of her sink. Her mother had always done this, and so Judy thought she was supposed to. One day the can filled up, so she called...

Judy & her husband Norm were longtime friends of my parents. I also worked for her while I was a UD student. She was a never-ending source of information and humorous anecdotes. I still have the handmade pottery she gave as holiday gifts to the student employees & several pieces of art glass jewelry she made later. I will remember Judy as very warm, funny and kind lady.