Judith will lie in state for visitation on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 from 5pm to 8pm in the Memorial Park Funeral Home located at 6969 E. Interstate 40 in Amarillo. A graveside service will take place in the Memorial Park Cemetery’s Garden of Cross on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 10am with Judith’s family presiding over the celebration. At the request of Jude and the family, everyone is asked to please wear a hat of some sort and dress as casually and comfortable as possible.
Judith was born April 14, 1941 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Vernon H and Alice H (Jeys) Bock. On October 27, 1957 she married David Dencklau. In 1973, she relocated to Amarillo, Texas where she became a lifelong resident until her passing.
She was a homemaker and worker for many years. She hated shoes, purses, cell phones, and computers. She had many loves, including but not limited to her backyard, football, nascar, teddy bears and Indians, playing cards, and going to her grand babies sporting events. Her absolute favorite holiday was Christmas, which she did ALL year long. She made ornaments for her grandchildren and decorations for the older girls every year.
She searched for God in a twelve step program in 1979 and found herself. In 2010, she searched for “God’s Son” and lived the good life ever since.
Judith is preceded in death by her parents Alice and Vern Bock, her older sisters Pat Birnbaum, Ruth Kennedy, Nancy Moringhoff, and Verna Snell, brother Michael Bock; daughter in law Lisa Dencklau, grandchild Kayla Dencklau, and great grandchild David Dencklau Jr. Those left to cherish her memory are sisters Jo Dencklau and June Sankey, brother Charles Bock, her six children Julie Dencklau of Beaumont, TX, David Dencklau of Amarillo, Craig Dencklau of Pampa, TX, TJ Stoneham of Beaumont, TX, Brian Dencklau of Grandbury, TX, and Rhonda Chesser of Spearman, TX; 23 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren on the way.
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