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Judy Romeo Obituary
October 26, 1940 - April 17, 2025
Aiken, South Carolina - Judy Dudley Romeo left this world on Thursday, April 17, 2025. She was born in Kilgore, Texas on October 26, 1940. Judy was the beloved wife of Basil J. Romeo for 51 years and a communicant of Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church.
She was predeceased by her mother Bobby Dudley, father Robert Bruce Dudley and sister Dina Dudley.
Judy was an Insurance Executive and retired as Vice President of Marketing for a major Insurance Company.
Judy's real passion was genealogy. She was a certified genealogist and wrote two books which were accepted in the Morman Library in Salt Lake City and the DAR Library in Washington DC. She was active in many lineage organizations, serving in multiple officer positions for most of them. Organizations included: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (past Regent of Trenton, Henry Middleton, and Captain William Hilton Chapters), District III Director SCDAR, Rome Italy Chapter NSDAR, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, National Society Daughters of the Colonial Wars Inc. South Carolina, National Society of the United States Daughters of Eighteen Hundred Twelve, Jamestown Society First South Carolina Company (past President), National Society Daughters of the Magna Carta Dames, Plantagenet Society, Colonial Dames, National Society Children of the American Revolution (past Senior President of the William Stroud Society), and National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrams.
In addition to her lineage organizations, Judy was active in the Friends of the Aiken County Historical Museum (past President), the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Women's Club for Continental Insurance Companies System Division (past President)
A Funeral Liturgy will be Wednesday morning, April 23rd at 11 o'clock at Shellhouse - Rivers Funeral Home by The Rev. Rev. Orlando Serrano Ardila.
Contributions should be sent to the Arthritis Foundation (arthritis.org).
SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC
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Memories and Condolences
for Judy Romeo
4 Entries
Cindy Swartz
April 22, 2025
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Mary & Tony Martocci
April 21, 2025
Basil,
Our heartfelt condolences on the passing of Judy. She was Special! We will keep you both in our thoughts and prayers.
Love, Prayers & Peace,
Mary & Tony Martocci
Joanne Leone
April 18, 2025
Judy was intelligent, funny, elegant and a beautiful person both inside and out. She was filled with curiosity and when she walked into a room her presence was felt as her southern charm very quickly became apparent. I liked her from the very first time I met her and was impressed by her smile, warmth, quick wit, inquisitiveness, and the way her red hair framed her lovely face. She was a wonderful, loving partner to her husband and my cousin, Basil, and together they shared adventures that others only dreamed about traveling around the world to exotic places like Tahiti, Australia and Africa where they embarked on a Safari which Judy told me was her favorite trip of all. Judy was a very special person who made a difference in every life she touched. Her final days revealed her courage and resilience; she was a role model for all who deal with adversity and will be missed by all who knew her.
With love,
Cousin Joanne
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