HAHN
JUDITH SCHMIDT
58, a teacher at Saint Theresa's Catholic Elementary School in Loudoun County, Ashburn, Va. passed away peacefully surrounded by her beloved husband and children at 6:45pm on Christmas Day at home after a year long battle with metastic melanoma. She and her husband, Michael P. Hahn celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary on August 10, Judy was the loving mother of Matthew M., Harrisburg, PA, Kathryn "Katy" E., and Andrew S. Hahn of Ashburn, VA; she is also survived by her sisters, Denise Schmidt (Aiello) Hilka (John) and Nancy Schmidt Mazzocco (Bernie) and her brother William E. Schmidt (Michelle) all residents of Pittsburgh, PA. Judy was the daughter of the late Robert N. & Vivien E. Schmidt of Pittsburgh, PA. She was a 1968 graduate of St. Basil's High School and a 1972 graduate of Duquesne University where she majored in Elementary Education. She later earned a Master's Degree in Communications from Bloomsburg University in 1999. Following graduation from Duquesne, Judy taught in the Newport Virginia Public School system and later at Queen of the Apostle Catholic School in Arlington, VA. She left the profession to raise her children which she considered to be her primary responsibility and to support her husband who was employed as a Special Agent with the FBI in the Cincinnati, New York and Philadelphia Division and at FBI Headquarters. Upon her husbands transfer to FBI headquarters, Judy had the opportunity to continue her love of teaching at St. Theresa's School in Ashburn, VA where she taught Language Arts and Religion. Over the course of seven years at St. Theresa's Judy had the opportunity to pursue the profession she loved while making a positive impact on the lives of so many of her students. After becoming ill with cancer she often reflected on her love for the students, staff, and parish families of St. Theresa's.