Judy Marie Reed

Services to celebrate her life will be Thursday, May 21st, 2026, at 2 pm at the Columbus Junction (IA) United Methodist Church with visitation one hour prior to the service. Her final resting place will be in Indian Creek Cemetery, rural Columbus Junction, IA. Memorials may go to Gilda’s Club where she found comfort.

Judy was born in Burlington, IA, on April 25, 1964, to Robert J. Reed and Sandra L. (Moran) Mincks. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa Wesleyan University. While in college, Judy supported herself by working as a CNA and enjoyed it so much she decided to obtain her licensed practical nursing degree from SW Community College in Burlington. She worked for the former Manor Care Nursing Home along with the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Facility.

She had a great passion for art and especially enjoyed painting. Judy had a sense of humor and loved going out with her friends and watching good old family movies. Judy loved taking care of others and was named as one of the “Outstanding Women of America.” In earlier years, she was active in the churches she attended, most recently Heritage Church in Bettendorf. Being a pet lover, Judy will be dearly missed by her fur babies, dog, Baby Girl and cat, Winston. In honor of Judy’s love for butterflies, her nieces got butterfly tattoos to remember her by.

Those left to cherish her memory include her siblings: Joyce (Ralph) Darnell, Muscatine; Tina Leigh, Danville, VA and, twin brother, Randal Reed, Davenport; eight nieces and nephews, three great nieces and a great nephew, along with dear friends: Sally Kinney, Mt. Pleasant, Brad Love and his sister Stephanie Love, Davenport, Marlene Hill, Mt. Pleasant and George and Ruth Ann of the Quad Cities.

Preceding her in death are her parents, brother-in-law, Robert Leigh and furbaby, Poppy.