Ella Mae Turley

1930 - 2008  (78 years)

• Name	Ella Mae Turley
  Born	11 Sep 1930	Joseph City, Navajo, Arizona
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Dec 2008	Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
  	Judd, Ella Mae (Turley)78, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2008. She was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Joseph City, AZ, where she spent her early childhood. After a family move, she attended Mesa High School. Upon graduation, she attended Brigham Young University, where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Education, worked as the secretary for the Department of Religious Studies, and later became the personal secretary of BYU's President, Ernest L. Wilkinson. While working at BYU, she met her husband of 53 years, Gerard F. Judd. Ella Mae held many positions of leadership, teaching, and service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was also an author (From Tonga to Zion) and an avid genealogist. She wrote the Turley Family Newsletter for many years and several histories, including one of Theodore Turley, a close associate of Joseph Smith. Ella Mae will be dearly missed by all of her family and friends. She was a beautiful example of love, honesty, integrity, charity and hard work to all who were fortunate enough to know her. Ella Mae is preceded in death by her husband, Gerard, their first son, Gerard, Jr., her parents Wallace Mar and Margaret (Wimmer) Turley, and her sister, Donna Lee. She is survived by 4 sons: Robert (Mary), Frederick (Cora), Reuben (Eileen), and Karlan; 7 daughters: Martha Mow, Linda Burleson, Elizabeth McNally, Marci (Reed) Johnson, Gayle (Jim) Juhl, Priscilla (David) Banbury, Annette (Roger) Raley; (54) grandchildren, and (23) great grandchildren; 2 brothers: Alan (Millicent) Turley, Wayne (Nancy) Turley and 1 sister, Loreine (Claude) DeSpain. Visitation will be held Friday, January 2th, 7:00-9:00 PM and Saturday, January 3th, 9:00-9:50 AM at the LDS Church, 5250 W. Thunderbird Ave., Glendale, followed by funeral services, which will begin at 10:00 AM, to honor our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. Internment will be in Resthaven Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary Fund, Attn: Bishop Matthews or Inspiris Hospice. ____________________________________________________________
  Buried	Resthaven Cemetery, Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona
  		Memorial for Ella Mae Turley Find a Grave
  Person ID	I7081	Grow
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Gerard Forsyth Judd, PhD.,   b. 7 Sep 1922, Hinckley, Millard, Utah ,   d. 17 Feb 2007, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona  (Age 84 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1953	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Children	1. Gerard Forsyth Judd, Jr.,   b. 16 Jan 1954, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana ,   d. 17 Jan 1954, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana  (Age 0 years)   2. Robert Verle Judd   3. Frederick Lee Judd   4. Reuben Turley Judd   5. Karlan Samuel Judd   6. Martha Marie Judd   7. Linda Judd   8. Elizabeth Judd   9. Marcianne Judd   10. Gayle Judd   11. Juhl Pricilla Judd   12. Annette Judd
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F2230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Sep 1930 - Joseph City, Navajo, Arizona Married - 26 Jun 1953 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Died - 26 Dec 2008 - Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona Buried - - Resthaven Cemetery, Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Turley Family Wallace and Margaret Turley Family, 1953 Back: Wallace, Margaret, Loreine Seated: Donna, Wayne, Alan and Ella Mae . Submitted to ancestry.com by Susan Ethington