Our mighty 95 lb. firecracker~

After being diagnosed with COPD 25 years ago, Judy Bayha never gave up. She maintained a feisty and brave attitude.  She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.  Her family was her heart. She died in the Kittitas Valley Community Hospital on September 24, 2012.

Judy was born in 1938, and grew up in Olympia, WA and graduated from Olympia High School.

She then attended Washington State College (WSU) where she was a synchronized swimmer.  During the summers she was a lifeguard at Millersylvania State Park where she met her future husband Jack Bayha.  He and some of his army buddies brought beer into the park and had to be asked to leave.  Jack and Judy dated a short while before becoming married.  After graduating with a degree in teaching and recreation Judy accepted a junior high P.E. teaching position in Everett, WA.  They started a family a year later. Jack and Judy had a lumberyard/hardware store on Whidbey Island known as “Lumber Jack’s”.  Upon selling their business they moved to Ellensburg and farmed timothy hay.  Judy loved being outdoors and watching her children and grandchildren play sports and ride horses.

Judy was preceded in death by her parents “ Mike”  L.T. Webster and Elizabeth Webster; older brother William Webster and husband Jack Bayha.

She is survived by her 3 ornery children Kerry Neubauer, Julie Baugher , Dan Bayha and 5 grandchildren  Carson Baugher, Callie Baugher, Shelby Bayha, Hanna Bayha and Hayden Bayha.

There will be a celebration of her life on Sat. November 10, 2012 at the Kittitas Community Hall.

In lie of flowers please consider making donations to the Foundation KVCH Nurses Fund in care of Brookside Funeral Home 101 E 2nd Ave Ellensburg, WA 98926 The care that she received from the nursing and aid staff of KVCH was very compassionate and caring. Brookside Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.