Judy Swade

SWADE, Judith "Judy" Gladstone Judith "Judy" Gladstone Swade, 60, a longstanding resident of Windsor, died in the Hospice Unit at St. Francis Hospital on Monday June 27, 2005 after a long struggle with complications of systemic lupus. Judy's husband Leonard and her siblings were by her side. Born in Burlington, VT, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Arthur Gladstone and the late Esther Dinner Gladstone. Judy was a graduate of the University of Vermont and also received her Masters Degree from there in Education. Judy taught in the Bloomfield primary school system at Laurel School for 23 years and at Metacomet for two years. During her final days, Judy spoke to everyone at her bedside saying, "My students were my children." Judy and Leonard have been ardent volunteers for a myriad of social causes; in addition, Judy was past President of the Connecitcut Lupus Association where she was also a Board member for three decades. She was a past co-President of the Sisterhood at Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield. She is survived by her loving husband of 27 years, Leonard Swade; her sisters, Miriam Saiger and her husband George of Potomac, MD and Kerana Kraft and her husband Avram of Highland Park, IL; her brother, David Gladstone and Sarah Rehm of Burlington, VT; by her niece, Rachel Kraft of Chicago; her nephews, Aaron Saiger and his wife Lisa Gordis of New York City, Adam Kraft of Chicago and Ira Saiger and his wife Sara of New York City, and Jennifer Rehm of Burlington, VT; as well as family and friends throughout the country. Funeral services will be at the Beth Hillel Synagogue, 160 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield on Thursday, June 30, at 10 a.m. with Rabbi Edward Friedman officiating. Interment will follow at the Beth Hillel Memorial Park Cemetery, Wolcott Rd. off of Floydville Rd., East Granby. Shiva will be at the Swade residence, 46 Lincoln Way, Windsor through Thursday evening, June 30. Judy touched many lives during her all too abbreviated life. She wants to be remembered as a kind person, which she truly was. May her memory always be for a blessing. In lieu of flowers donations in her honor may be made to the Palliative Care and Hospice Services at St. Francis Hospital, 114 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105, the Beth Hillel Synagogue, 160 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield, 06002 or to the Connecticut Lupus Foundation, 97 South St., Suite 110, West Hartford, CT 06110. Funeral arrangements provided by the Hebrew Funeral Association, Inc., 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford.