Judith C. Levesque
June 7, 2013
Judith Carol (French) Levesque, 72, died Friday, June 7, 2013. Born on Oct. 27, 1940 in Salem to Archer N. and Estelle M. (Kruschwitz) French, she graduated from North Andover High Scholo in 1958 and was a member of the National Honor Society. She joined the Women’s Army Corps on Oct. 27, 1958, her eighteenth birthday. Serving two years, she met her future husband. Following her discharge, she married Henry A. Levesque, Jr. On Nov. 12, 2010 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family in attendance. She is survived by her two daughters, Robin and Richard Dudzisz of Maine and Ann and Shawn Hawkins of Danvers, five grandchildren, Danielle (Gregg) Burkinshaw, Cameron and Robert Dudzisz, and Lauren and Collin Hawkins, a great grandson, Jack, a brother, David French, a sister, Suzanne Osgood, 3 nieces, and a nephew. Her Funeral Service will be Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7PM in C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers Square. Visiting hours will precede the service from 5-6:45PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Danvers, MA 01923.
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Mum/Nani I can’t believe that you left so suddenly! I know you have “gone to the barn” and you will find your peace there. We will miss you terribly. We love you, Forever. xoxo
To the family of Judy Levesque My prayers and condolences are with you at this difficult time. Take care Joanne, neighbor at Tapley.
DEAR FAMILY OF JUDY LEVESQUE…WE ARE SO SAD TO HEAR THAT JUDY HAS LEFT US…I WILL MISS HER LETTERS AND HER KIND WAYS. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND LOVE IS SENT TO YOU ALL.
Dear Ann, Robin and family. My thoughts and Love are with you!! Your MOM is suffering no more and is happily reunited with your Dad!! She was a great loving wife, mother, and grandmother and a dear friend!! She will be deeply missed!! I will always be here for you all!! Much Love, Peg.
Ann, Shawn, Lauren and Collin and family … our deepest sympathy to you on your loss. We remember Judy with such great affection. So happy to have had the chance to know her. She leaves an indelible mark on so many hearts! Peace, my friends. And love. Lots and lots of love.
Judy and I were high school classmates and reconnected years ago. We exchanged numerous letters over the years and I knew she wasn’t well. I am so very sorry to hear about her passing.
Judy – I am happy you are in a happy place now. I will miss laughing about so many things for so many years and will continue to laugh about them when I think of you. My love goes with you – peace.
We were so sorry to hear of your great loss. We send our thoughts and prayers to all the family. Love Kathy and Mike and family.
As I sit down to write, my kitten has chosen Judy’s printed obituary as place to take a nap. Judy was my childhood best buddy playmate in Boxford, back then a small rural town. Just my grandmother’s house, two fields and a brook separated our homes and back and forth we went at will. We played in the brook and pond, the woods, the hayloft in my family’s barn, and the attic, too, where she reminded me that on rainy days we’d lie on a pile of horsehair mattresses and tell stories while the rain beat down on the roof above us. We’d walk up the road to Bertha Perley’s barn where the kittens ran about our feet, the cows licked our hands, and the big workhorse gained our admiration. As we got a little older, we’d pack picnics and go for bike rides without any worrying parents advising us “to be careful.” We sunbathed on the roof of the house before we knew better. Eventually we were old enough to go by ourselves occasionally on my older sisters’ horses, off into the many woods trails of our town. Many years later, we reconnected and she and Henry came to our house in Maine for several visits and Henry would feed our cat-of-that-time tastes from his bowl of ice cream. I’ll miss Judy’s wonderful newsy letters written in the beautiful cursive that few can execute now. I’ll end by including a note I found from my grandmother to me [I was vacationing in Maine] written on July 31, 1947. “Judy was over here all the morning helping Florence and me in the kitchen. In the afternoon when I was sewing on the living-room piazza she came over again to play the Primer Puzzle game. And she went over with me to feed the hens. Then she went home. A little later when I was in the kitchen she reappeared again, dressed in her bathing suit—a red one, and a white bathing-cap, and white gloves [underlined] and shoes. ‘Are you going in bathing?’ said I. ‘No,’ said she. And that’s the end of this story.” Judy sure had class!
Ann (and family), I am so blessed to have you as a friend and with that friendship came Judy as one of those blessings. She always had me in tears laughing from all the funny stories she told me! She was a wonderful Mom and I would tell her often that she did a great job raising you! She would love hearing that; I could tell by the smile on her face and the twinkle in her eye! A few years later, I met Robin-the two of you are the sweetest, kindest, souls I have ever met…THANK YOU JUDY…I will miss you. My thoughts, prayers and love are with you my sweet friend.
Lauren, I am so sorry for the loss of your grandmother. She was an amazing woman who was always so sweet and friendly. I will truly miss seeing her smiling face when she was over for a visit. Rest in peace Judy. I love you and am always here for you Lauren.
Robin ,Ann and families.. So sorry for the sad time.Your Mom was a wonderful ladie and loved both of you and your families cling to happy memories and each other.Call us any time you like.i can’t replace Mom but We are here to help you across this long bridge called life. We are a long ways away but our love for you is there with you