Judith Linda Shulman

1947 - 2024

SHULMAN

JUDITH LINDA SHULMAN "Judy"

(Age 76)

Judith Linda Shulman passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday, January 22, 2024. She is survived by her loving husband of 52 years Jerry Shulman; her sister Barbara (Glenn Doherty) Milhender and her daughters Katharine and Victoria (Brooks Palmer) Shulman. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 26, at 10 a.m. at Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec Street NW, Washington, DC 20008, with her internment to follow at Judean Memorial Gardens Cemetery (Adas Israel Section), located at 16225 Batchellors Forest Road (off Georgia Avenue), Olney, MD 20832. Shiva services will beheld at the family's home at 2843 Allendale Place, NW, Washington, DC on Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings beginning at 7 p.m. each day.



Judy was first and foremost a teacher. She graduated from Lesley University with a BS Ed. and began teaching at inner city schools in Boston . . . until Jerry proposed marriage on the sole condition that they move south to avoid Boston winters. Later in life she began volunteering as a school docent at the National Gallery of Art here in Washington, leading student groups from kindergarden age to seniors in high school. For the next 20-plus years she introduced countless childen to a world of creativity and imagination.



Judy's tours were vivid and special. Whether she joined with her students dancing in front of a Degas painting of ballerinas (doing so in a wheelchair later in life), had them counting the number of lions in the den with Daniel, or had them staring up at the large Calder mobile and trying to guess its weight, she saw art as immersive and exciting, and hoped that each child would leave the Gallery feeling the same way after one of her tours.



Sadly, Judy suffered during most of her life from multiple debilitating illnesses. Death was imminent on a number of occasions, but her indominable spirit and strength won out each time, utterly confounding her physicians. This time, however, death proved inevitable, although, in the end, peaceful. She will be missed greatly by her family, friends and all who had the privilege of meeting her.



The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made either to The National Gallery of Art (nga.gov) or the Sibley Memoiral Hospital Foundation (sibleyfoundation.org).