Julia Loraine Lindamood Stone, 94, of Pasadena, Texas, passed away peacefully at home on October 14, 2018. Judy was born February 9, 1924, in Broadway, Virginia, a small town in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley region of northern Virginia. Judy graduated from Broadway High School in 1942, and her senior tribute in the yearbook accurately described her as “crazy nut—pep—pleasant laugh—happy—helpful scout.”
After obtaining her nursing degree from the University of Virginia in 1945, she served as a nurse at a Cherokee Indian reservation in Oklahoma before moving to San Francisco to work at the University of California Hospital. In 1947, Judy was appointed as a nurse in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corp. While working at Oakland Naval Hospital, she met a handsome young sailor named Howell, whom she went on to marry in 1948. Together, the Stones spent several years moving around the country as Howell completed law school and served with the Navy before Howell completed his active duty service in 1955 and they returned to his hometown of Pasadena, Texas. Back in Pasadena, Judy and Howell together embarked upon the raising and wrangling of their five rambunctious boys. In addition to tending the many bumps, bruises, and breaks around their home, Judy continued to serve her community as a nurse at Hermann Hospital in Houston.
Judy’s devotion to others was not limited to those in her home and hospital. A longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, Judy spent decades serving as a volunteer in many capacities at the church. She particularly loved working with Hospitality Apartments, a ministry that provides free temporary housing and support for families who are receiving medical treatment in the Houston area. Additionally, she was active in supporting the local Rotary club, and was a frequent and devout patron of the East Star Chinese Buffet restaurant on NASA Parkway.
Though Judy never returned to live in her beloved Shenandoah Valley, she retained a great love for her home back east throughout her life. Judy made frequent trips east, both to visit her family in Virginia and to attend reunions at the University of Virginia. Going “camping” at the family’s little red cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, was an annual fixture in the Stone household growing up, and continued until Thanksgiving of 2016, bringing generations of family members back to their home away from home in the Smoky Mountains. Judy and Howell were avid travelers, frequently crisscrossing the continent by car, plane, train, and RV, and regularly bringing their children and grandchildren along for their adventures. Judy was happiest and most in her element when surrounded by family and nature, and her children and grandchildren will always remember the many opportunities Judy created to bring them together- and feed them well.
Judy was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 68 years, Howell; her son, Timothy Edwin; her parents, George and Ora Lindamood; and her siblings, Hazel Fulk, Hildred Lindamood, Glenn Lindamood, and Charles Lindamood.
Judy was a gift to all who were blessed to know her. She remains cherished and greatly missed by her sons: David Howell (Charlene), Paul Maurice (Jacky), Daniel Byron (Deanna), and Thomas Randolph (Janie). Her six grandchildren (Erika, Jacob, Sarah, Rachael, Benjamin, and Peter) and five great-grandchildren (Carley, Camilla, Laney, Collins, and Stone) will not soon forget their beloved Nana, whom they will always remember as being quick to offer support, love, delicious food, and her frank, often-hilarious opinions.
A celebration of Judy’s life will take place on Saturday, November 3, at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church of Pasadena. A reception at the church will follow. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hospitality Apartments (hospitalityapartments.org/donations).
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