Judith Helen (Wildenhain) Gecinger

A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church of Greensboro, 3600 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC. The family will receive friends and loved ones in the church social hall following the service and light refreshments will be served.

Judy was born in Valley Stream, New York on October 25, 1942 to the late Arthur and Ruth Wildenhain and was a member of the Cornerstone Sunday School class at First Lutheran Church of Greensboro of which she was a member. She was a lifelong educator, teaching grades K-8 over the course of a 30+ years career. After retirement from Southwest Guilford Middle School, she was instrumental in launching Guilford County’s “Communities In Schools” program, which recruited corporate leaders to coach students to higher levels of academic achievement. Judy was active in the Delta Kappa Gamma teaching sorority, which recognized Teachers of Excellence within the state of North Carolina. She loved her volunteer work as the Receptionist and Family Coordinator in the surgical waiting room at Congdon Health Center located in High Point Regional Hospital. She helped many families navigate the hospital programs while their loved ones were in surgery. Judy was devoted to her family and lived in the Cedarwood community in Jamestown, North Carolina for 46 years, holding leadership positions in both the Garden Club and the Pool and Swim Club. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend who was loved my so many and will be missed by all who knew her. Judy was devoted to her seven grandchildren and made each one of them feel special in their own way. She never missed an important event and always had the perfect card for the occasion signed with love and her signature “waves”. Judy enjoyed many years at their Sunset Beach, NC vacation home. She was an avid bridge player and participated with the Sedgefield Friday Ladies Group for almost 30 years.

Those left to cherish her memory include her beloved husband, Joseph A. “Joe” Gecinger, Jr.; her children, Cheryl Gecinger Williams (Phil) of Colfax, NC and Blake Douglas Gecinger (Jodi) of Jamestown, NC; grandchildren, Taylor Thomas Williams (Brandon) of Winston-Salem, NC, Evan James Thomas (Mizuho) of Aichi, Japan, Jason Shannon Thomas of Carolina Beach, NC, Sophia Ruth Haley of Tuscaloosa, AL, Autumn Lynn Gecinger of Greensboro, NC, Wrenn Williams Tiernan (Drew) of Summerville, SC and Arden Robert Williams (Sam) of Wilmington, NC; great-grandchildren, Brayden William Tiernan (5 yrs.) and Sage Michelle Tiernan (11 months) of Summerville, SC, her brother, Ernest David Wildenhain (Migdoni) of Red Bank, New Jersey (even though they were separated by 500 miles, stayed in touch weekly and enjoyed his hospitality on numerous weekend getaways into the New York city area.)

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to The Lutheran Services of Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 947, Salisbury, NC 28145 or to Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanah, Utah 84741.

Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfhsedgefield.com