HODGKINSON, Judyth Ellen Hodgkinson - The news of Judy’s death should be received with a combination of sadness The news of Judy’s death should be received with a combination of sadness and comforting realization that she is at peace.
She died on Sunday, March 19, comfortably in her sleep at Uxbridge Hospital after a difficult final year.
She faced the ravages of cancer with the same courage and determination that she displayed throughout her amazingly active life.
It began in Montreal, continued in Winnipeg and blossomed in Toronto.
Professionally, she became a graphic artist at CTV, and her time there would have made her more famous if the secret identity of the star of “What Bugs You?” had been revealed.
CTV’s popular lifestyle show “Live It Up” (1978-1990) featured a regular segment so named and featuring a “bug” known only as “Miss Judy” The “bug” was, in fact, Judy Hodgkinson, and she said she loved every minute of 13 years in that “bug” costume. More than that was her love of horses.
Judy loved the horses she boarded and trained, and particularly those she herself owned over the years--Toulouse, Woodstock (Woody), and Elvis--to name three that competed with two devoted dogs--Burghley and ZZ--for Judy’s attention.
For all the love she gave, she received her greatest love from her late parents, Adele and George Hodgkinson, her brother David, sister-in-law Sharyn, niece Lauryn and nephew Dennis.
In addition to two “near-relatives” Lynsey Rowan and Jo Tudor— “horse daughters”, if you will--Judy was lucky to have close friends too numerous to list fully. But none was more important throughout her life, and to its final day, than Greg Paull.
In recent years, her late-in-life partner Wayne Cook and her “guardian angel” Norine Blyth were invaluable companions.
Judy’s family members are indebted to them, beyond words.
Private funeral arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the S.P.C.A. or any other organization or charity dedicated to the love and care of animals would be a fitting way to remember Judyth Ellen Hodgkinson.
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