Judith Claugus Eggers passed away peacefully at her residence in Dublin, Ohio on October 15, 2023, at the age of 83 with her husband, Philip, and her beloved poodle, Tasha, by her side. Judith is survived by her husband and their children Andrew Eggers, Beth Eggers and Eric Eggers, his wife Barbara Myers as well as her sister Eileen Claugus, Eileen’s sons Andrew and Nicholas Claugus as well as her brother David Claugus and his wife Mary. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Benjamin Zachariah Bailey and his wife Anna, Sarah Catherine Eggers-McCumbers and Sebastian Shay Eggers as well as her brother-in-law Ernest Eggers, his wife Sally and her brother-in-law David Eggers and his wife Rebecca. Judith is also survived by her Aunt Ann Slawson Vester (Claugus) and her many beloved cousins who reside throughout the country.
Judith was born on July 30, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised in Lancaster and Upper Arlington, Ohio. Judith was profoundly influenced by both her mother, Jeanette McLeery Zupancic’s career as a Professor of Social Work at the Ohio State University, her service to community agencies aiding children and families as well as her by her father, Harold Claugus who inspired her devotion to work as well as a life-long love of nature. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 1962, attended the University of Southern California and received her Masters of Social Work in 1965, and received her Ph.D. in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 1982. Judith also completed post-graduate education at The Ackerman Institute of Family Therapy in New York as well as the Gestalt Institutes of Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Over her professional life as a psychotherapist, she provided individual, couple and family counseling from 1983 to 2002 through her practices in California, Oklahoma, Germany and Ohio. In addition, Judith’s love for teaching resulted in her serving an adjunct professor at University of Oklahoma, Ohio State University, University of California-Berkeley, Sacramento State University, State University of Arizona and the City College of Santa Barbara. Through both her counseling and her teaching, she touched and inspired many and dedicated herself to helping others find a way forward with their lives and careers.
Throughout and beyond her professional life, Judith and her husband had the opportunity to work and reside in San Francisco and Palo Alto California as well as their homes in Tucson, Arizona; Telluride Colorado; Amelia Island, Florida; Tortola in the British Virgin Islands; and Montecito, California. In these locations, Judith and Philip enjoyed their love of tennis, scuba diving, hiking, cycling and sailing the Atlantic and the Caribbean on Fleur de la Mer.
A memorial service honoring Judith will be held on October 28, 2023, at the Schoedinger Dublin Funeral Home on 5980 Perimeter Drive, Dublin, Ohio, with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. and a memorial service beginning at 2:00 p.m.
For those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and receive her friendship, she will be greatly missed. Likewise, we will also benefit from her example of a life caringly and well lived.
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