In Memory

Judy Messer (Slade)

Judith M. Slade, avid sportswoman.
Judith M. (Messer) Slade, 64, of West Dennis died April 8. She was the wife of Elliott Slade. Born in Morristown,     N.J., she grew up in Montclair and York Harbor, Maine.

She graduated from Montclair High School, and attended the University of North Carolina Women's College in Greensboro, and the University of Grenoble in France, completing her degree at Bridgewater State Teachers College.

She was an avid sportswoman, and loved to garden and travel. She was a member of West Dennis Yacht Club, and a congregant of Union Church, Dennis.

Besides her husband, she leaves a sister, Suzy Abuza of Mystic, Conn.; two brothers, Alan Messer of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, and David Messer of Cabarete, Dominican Republic; nieces and nephews; stepchildren; many grandnieces and grandnephews; and many step-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 19 at First Congregational Church, 329 Main St., Yarmouth Port. Memorial donations may be made to Breast Cancer Research at the Dana-Farber Medical Center in Boston.

Courtesy of: The Register Barnstable, Massachusetts  May 3, 2007