Nancy Lynn Judd

Nancy Lynn Harris Judd
1943 ~ 2025
Nancy Lynn Harris Judd passed peacefully from this life on August 5, 2025 surrounded by her family.
Born on September 24, 1943 in Glendale, California, Nancy was the youngest of three children of George Ronald Harris and Lennis Margaret McLain Harris. She was raised in Montrose, California in a home her father built. Nancy attended Montrose Elementary, Clark Junior High, and graduated from Glendale High School in 1961.
At age nine, Nancy joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She regularly attended church with her brother and developed a deep and enduring testimony of the gospel and the atonement of Jesus Christ.
While studying Home Economics at BYU, Nancy met and married Val Judd of Hoytsville, Utah, in the Los Angeles California LDS Temple. After Val graduated from BYU in 1966, they moved with their two children to Fort Yates, North Dakota, where Nancy taught cake decorating in Bismarck.
In 1968, the family relocated to Rochester, Minnesota. While raising their growing family, Nancy taught cake decorating and entertaining at the local high school and hosted one of the first weekly cable television cooking shows, Fun With Foods.
Nancy and Val moved to Austin, Texas, with their six children in 1977. There, they welcomed two more children. Nancy continued her entrepreneurialism and had an interior design business, Affordable Elegance, and designed the Nursing Museum at the University of Texas. She also had a catering business catering weddings and parties. Nancy also had a cookie business, Our Mom's Brownies, selling to convenience stores. For ten years, Nancy held hands-on summer children's cooking classes called Junior Chefs where she taught children how to cook.
After Val's retirement, they settled in Utah-first in Springville, then built a home in Alpine where they lived for 24 years.
In 2012, Nancy began entering food contests, starting with the Utah State Fair. Her talent and enthusiasm led her to local and national recognition on the Donohue Show, was named one of the top eight LDS Chefs by LDS Living Magazine, was a contestant on Chopped: Grandma's Edition, The NBC's TODAY Show, The Great American Baking Show, and was awarded the World Dessert Champion-among many other accolades.
A devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nancy taught the gospel in her home and lived as a disciple of Christ. Later working as a worker in the Timpanogos Temple.
Though she delighted in cooking, her greatest joy came from her faith and family. She cherished her roles as mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her kitchen was a place of love and welcome, her home a haven for anyone in need of warmth or a meal.
Nancy was truly a party-in-a-person-her infectious positivity, boundless love, and generosity touched all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, Val Judd, and seven living children, McKay (Charlotte Mortimer), Grace (who was lovingly named Karen at birth) Wilbert (Lloyd), Elaine Oaks (Marlo), Kristi Natividad (Marc), Janae Daniels (Jason), Ashley Curtis (Gavin), Carolyn McMullen (Bruce), 40 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Nancy is preceded in death by her daughter, Heidi Larsen (Shaun), daughter-in-law, Ruth (McKay), and by her parents, George Ronald Harris and Lennis Margaret McLain, her sister, Kathleen Nichols and her brother, Tim Harris.
The family gives special thanks to the many caregivers at River Meadows in Alpine and Roy, Lisa, Addie, Bella, Corrine, Camille, Evan, and Brian with Valeo.
Funeral Services for Nancy will be held on Saturday August 16, 2025 at 11:00 am in the Mountainville Ward Chapel, located at 165 North 100 East Alpine, Utah. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Warenski Funeral Home, located at 1776 North 900 East, American Fork, Utah and also at an additional viewing on Saturday morning from 9:30-10:30 am prior to service at the church. Interment will be in the Alpine Cemetery.
As a family, we wish to express our gratitude for the love and support we feel. The family is compiling memories and would love for you to share yours with us. Please send your memories and photos to: NancyJuddmemories@gmail.com
In honor of Nancy's joyful spirit, the family kindly requests lilies or pink flowers, her favorite.
Funeral services will be live streamed and recorded for later viewing by the ward on Zoom at: https://zoom.us/j/98897423614
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