WILLMAN

JUDITH E.

Judith E. Willman, lifelong resident of Penn Hills, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Daughter of the late Raymond and Clover (Catley) Willman. Dear sister of the late Nancy Matthews. Beloved aunt of Douglas, Laura, and David Matthews; and cherished sister to her LDS church family

Judy lived her life her way, fiercely independent, gracious, charitable, and with a loving heart. Judy graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1963 and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Tech, before achieving a Masters of Fine Arts in Music Theory from Brigham Young University.

After a brief experiment with desert life, teaching music in Mesa, AZ, Judy returned to Pittsburgh. She was a crafter, painter, and musician, a regular fixture for decades at the Ligonier Country Market, owner of Pane Art Advertising, and a member of numerous local orchestras. Judy cast a large net to touch the lives of hundreds. Except for the occasional idle moment she spent with a loving feline companion in her lap, few will remember her without a needle and thread, a paintbrush, or viola in her hand.

Our hearts are broken yet filled with joy knowing that Judy is reunited with family, friends, and treasured pets Annie, Panda, Pumpkin, Precious and Leo.

Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, at MAURICE L. KNEE, LTD. FUNERAL HOME, 7663 Saltsburg Rd., Plum, PA 15239, and on Friday, from 9 a.m. until a 10 a.m., funeral service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 710 New Texas Rd., Plum. Interment will follow in Allegheny Cemetery.

If desired, and in lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society.