Judith was born in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on January 14, 1945, the oldest daughter of Edna Frances "Lassie" Burke and Michael "Millie" Moseychuck. She graduated from St. Agnes High School in New Waterford and attended Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, where she joined the Sisters of Charity of Halifax in 1962 and completed her B.A. and B. Ed. in 1967.
As a teaching sister, Judith moved to Quebec City in 1967 where she taught chemistry at St. Patrick's and Katimavik High Schools. In 1971, she left the convent and met her future husband, David Schurman. They were married in 1973. While continuing to teach full-time, Judith obtained her M. Ed. from McGill
University in 1977. Judith and David moved to Montreal that same year, where she taught at Napoleon Courtemanche High School for two years. Taking a break from teaching, she worked at the Ministère de l'éducation du Québec as a consultant in Evaluation and Implementation of the English Language Arts
Curriculum. Eager to teach again, Judith returned to the classroom to teach English and college counselling at Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School (ECS) until her retirement in 2003. She was actively involved in extra-curricular activities at ECS particularly with the debating team and the school newspaper. She was an inspiration to students and colleagues alike during her 35-year
teaching career.
Judith was very active in retirement. Her involvement in the South Shore Literacy Council and the St. Lambert Lifelong Learning Initiative was pivotal to their success. She actively participated in the Association of Teachers of English of Quebec, St. James Literary Society, McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL), the South Shore University Women's Club and the St. Lambert Horticultural Society. She and her husband David founded Festival Bloomsday Montreal in 2011 and they were both involved in the Irish community of Montreal. She was a patron of the arts; she loved music, especially the opera. She sang with the Greater Montreal Chorus (Sweet Adelines) and the St. Lambert Choral Society. She also adored the theatre and was a key board member of Persephone Productions.
Judith is survived by her husband David, her daughter Miriam (Samuel Croteau), her sisters Mary (Hubie) Radoux, Carol Ann (Hughie) MacIntyre and brother Mike Moseychuck (Pam Horne) as well as many nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers-in-law and friends. She is predeceased by her parents Edna and
Michael Moseychuck, brother Edgar and sister Lynda Lovell.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, visitations and the funeral mass will be open to close family and friends only. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home, 307 rue Riverside, St. Lambert, QC.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the South Shore Literacy Council, the South Shore University Women's Club, Festival Bloomsday Montreal or the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
To My Love
"Your heart betrayed you with a swift and cruel blow,
Without your leave. Permission never granted.
Only memories can now fill our sudden emptiness
Your many loves and deeds remembered;
Your beautiful face fading into twilight. But,
You will never be forgotten.
Our hearts will hold you my love."
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