Judith K. Valentine

Judith K. Headrick Valentine aged 85, passed away peacefully on November 7, 2024, at Claridge Court Nursing Home of Prairie Village, KS. She was born on November 25, 1938 in Alexandria, Thayer County, Nebraska to the parents of Benjamin “Ben” and Irma Headrick of Carleton, Nebraska.

She graduated from Dakin High School and later took courses at Beatrice Southeast Community College. She married Holman Dean Valentine on August 9, 1959 in Hebron, NE. She lived in Beatrice, NE for twenty years, and then a long-time resident of Overland Park, KS for more than 40 years until her death. She started her work career at the Lincoln Telephone company in Lincoln, NE, then a bookkeeper at Sears & Roebuck in Beatrice, NE and retired from Sprint in Kansas City, MO. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren were her biggest passions. She loved to plant flowers around her house every year. She also enjoyed making quilts for each of her grandchildren. She would always make sure the grandchildren had activities to do while vacationing at her son’s lake house during the summer.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Beverly Headrick Bauer and brother-in-law Millard Bauer, brother-in-law Roger Wiedel, daughter-in-law Jennifer Valentine Bur, and nephew Kevin Wiedel. She is survived by her ex-husband Holman Dean, two sons; Rocky Valentine and wife Terri of Mission, KS, Marty Valentine and wife Amy of Springfield, VA; younger sisters Jackie Wiedel of Hebron, NE, Brenda Ranney and husband Marc of Scottsdale, AZ; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren; Julia Valentine Bartak and husband John and their children; Blakely, Ben, and Brooke of Prairie Village, KS, Ryan Bertram and his children; Christian, Quorra of Shawnee, KS, Audrey Valentine of Arlington, VA, Margaret Valentine of Richmond, VA, Maria Zimmerman of Burke, VA and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Since Judy will be cremated, each family member will have their own celebration of life in lieu of a funeral or burial ceremony. She will have a cemetery grave stone placed next to her parents at the Carleton, NE cemetery.