Judith Marie "Judy" Bender, 68, passed away January 30, 2020. Judy grew up in Tempe, Arizona, where her father taught at ASU and her mother served in many roles for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. Her father, Gordon, was Professor of Zoology at ASU for 28 years (1953-1981), retiring as Professor Emeritus of Life Sciences. He served a term as Department Chair. He passed away in 2011. Judy attended NAU for one year then transferred to ASU where she earned a B.S. degree in home economics with an emphasis in family and child development in 1974. She taught Head Start several years and earned her M.Ed. in deaf education at Lewis & Clark College in 1981. Widowed in 1990, Judy moved to Prescott Valley where she raised her four children on her own and built a respected career as a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing. She taught in the public schools of Mesa, Kearney, and Yuma, and at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind. After nearly thirty years of teaching, she retired in 2007 and moved to Waupaca, Wisconsin to be near when her parents needed help. Judy was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her mother, Marion, her four children, three grandchildren, three sisters, nieces and nephews. Services were held on February 5, 2020 at Crystal Lake Methodist Church in Waupaca. Gifts in her name may be made to: Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind-North Central Regional Cooperative, 25 W. Saddlehorn Road, Sedona, AZ 86351, Attn: Dale De Vries. (Source: ASU Foundation)