Judith Kamrowski died at her home in Puyallup, Wash., on Jan. 29 following a decade-long battle with pulmonary hypertension. She was attended by her husband, who was her first-care provider

Judie was born in New Bedford on July 23, 1938, the second child of Florence Alley and Luis Perry of Fairhaven.

She graduated from Tisbury High School, class of 1956. While attending high school she was the senior class president, cheerleader and member of the drama club. Upon graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the federal government as a civilian administrative employee.

She met Arthur, her husband of 49 years, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. They married three months later.

Their assignments had them criss-crossing the United States many times. She also lived in Keflavik, Iceland, while Arthur was stationed there with the U.S. Navy.

Judie worked in nuclear industry at locations in Massachusetts, Texas, California, New Jersey, Washington, Michigan, Ohio and New Mexico. She last worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where she was a procurement specialist.

She was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved her family without any exceptions. She enjoyed music, arts and craft work and the English soap opera Coronation Street.

Survivors include her husband; sons Kevin Kamrowski of Sammamish, Wash., and Michael Kamrowski of Lacey, Wash.; grandchildren Rachael, Marissa, Laura, Abigal and Elizabeth, all of Washington; her sister Mary Desoriers of Hartford, Conn.; half-brothers Steven Alley of Westport and Robert Alley of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; stepsisters Rita Reynolds of Vineyard Haven and Winifred Drake of Edgartown; stepbrother Forrest Alley of Gay Head; brother in law Dennis Kamrowski of Michigan; sister in law Kathy Koehl of Illinois; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Her best lifetime friend was Ann Perry of Vineyard Haven. Ann and Judie’s sister Mary kept her spirits up by their phone calls and by sending her numerous cards and letters.

Judie will be sorely missed by family and friends throughout the United States and overseas. She left a hole in the heart of her husband.

Although Judie lived off-island for many years she never forgot her island friends and the charm of the Vineyard in the 1950s.

Judie requested that no services be held for her. Instead she wanted everyone to remember her in their prayers.

She was cremated. She will be placed at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash., along with her husband at a later date.