Judith Gay Harned

Judith Gay Blunk Harned died on October 9, 2015, at the age of 79. Judy was the daughter of William (Bill) and Jeraldine (Jerry Mills) Blunk of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judy was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 14, 1936. She was married to Thomas (Tom) Harned on June 3, 1966, at Christ the King Catholic Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judy spent most of her formative years growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Marquette High School in 1954. Judy attended: St. John School of Nursing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, receiving a diploma in Nursing; The University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma, receiving a Bachelor's of Science Degree; Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, receiving Master's degrees in Family Relations and Child Development; The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Ecology. Judy worked at Muskogee General Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma; St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Oakland, California. She returned to Oklahoma and joined the faculty of St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the Director of Nursing Education at the Hissom Memorial Center in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She taught Nursing at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. She worked at The University of Oklahoma College of Nursing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as an Assistant Professor and Research Consultant. She worked with her husband, Tom, with Harned and Harned Consultants in Coyle, Oklahoma. She worked at Langston University in the School of Nursing, School of Agriculture in Research and the Library as the Director of the Student Computer Lab. She retired from Langston University in 1995. During Judy's life, she was a Registered Nurse, Educator and Researcher. Judy's faith was a dominate part of her life. She attended the Roman Catholic Church wherever she lived from the time she was born, never missing a weekend Mass; with the exception of illness. Judy enjoyed quilting, cooking, canning, gardening, knitting, reading and her daily prayer life. Later in life, she knitted and donated prayer shawls for hospice. Her greatest love of life was her family. Judy is survived by her husband, Thomas Harned; her son, John C. Harned and wife Ricki; and her grandson, Chris Harned; all of Oklahoma City; and her sister, Jerry Jo Hensy, and husband Mike and their children of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She is survived by her step-grandson, Kenneth Ray Belcher, and wife Lacie of Edmond, Oklahoma; and her step-great-grandchildren Cannon, Channing, Cahn and Corbin Belcher. Judy was preceded in death by her parents, William (Bill) and Jeraldine (Jerry Mills) Blunk of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her paternal grandparents, Guy and Marguarite Blunk; and her maternal grandparents, John and Lulu Mills. The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 10:00 a.m. Monsignor Gregory Gier will be the presider for the Funeral Mass. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma at a later time. The family requests in lieu of flowers, food, etc. you may consider a donation to Judy's favorite charitable organization: Society of the Little Flower, 1313 N Frontage Road, Darien, IL 60561, Memo: In memory of Judy Harned.