Judy L. (Nugent) Kay

Judy L. (Nugent) Kay, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, at her residence in Atlantic.

Judy was born Oct. 10, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Gerald and Betty (Okerlin) Kay. She grew up in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School. Judy attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and received her Master’s in Psychology from the University of Colorado. She was a school psychologist for the Prairie du Chien, school district for 27 years. She also was a school psychologist for the Atlantic schools for 10 years.

She was a past board member of the Ann W. Wickman Child Development Center, Atlantic Partnership for Progress, and a member of the Atlantic Lions Club. Judy loved gardening, enjoyed traveling, she designed and decorated her home, and loved helping her brother Fred on the farm.

She was preceded in death by her mother; a brother, Alan; and her grandparents.

Judy is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Nugent of Kansas City, Mo.; her father Gerald (Muriel) Kay of Atlantic, Iowa; brothers, Stuart (Phyllis) Kay of Atlantic, Iowa, Fred (Jane) Kay of Atlantic, Iowa, and Howard (Sandy) Kay of Castle Pines, Colo.; an uncle, Henry Kay of Atlantic, Iowa, many nieces, nephews and cousins; and her exchange student from Switzerland, Nik (Marianne) Buergin.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, at 11 a.m. at the First United Presbyterian Church in Atlantic, Iowa, with Pastor Holly Smith officiating. Private internment of ashes will be at the Atlantic Cemetery.

Visitation with family will be 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic, Iowa.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Ann Wickman Child Development Center, Atlantic Partnership for Progress, or the Special Olympics.

Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.

Condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com