Judith Joy (Townsend) O'Brien

Judith Joy O’Brien – 80, Wauconda, Illinois, passed away on September 28, 2020. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska September 8, 1940 to Reverend Robert and Helen (Kounovsky) Townsend.

Judith graduated from Sidney High School as Salutatorian in 1958, Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1963 and a Masters in Religion from Garrett School of Theology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in 1966. She was proud to be a legal secretary at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Beverly Hills.

She and William James O’Brien were married October 24, 1968 and welcomed daughter Clare Elizabeth three...