Henrietta "Queta" Judd

Henrietta Jugo Judd passed away peacefully Sunday night, May 27, after a lengthy illness. Born in 1918 in New York City, Queta was the first of four children born to Elsie Duhain and Rafael Jugo. In 1924 the family moved to the Belvedere section of New Britain where her father would work for P&F Corbin and Landers Frary & Clark, major New Britain industries of the day. Queta attended the Stanley Elementary School and Nathan Hale Junior High, but in 1933 Landers sent her father to Argentina to develop an export market for Landers and he took the entire family with him. She and her sisters Phyllis and Elsie, and brother Clovis, all enjoyed the social life and culture of Buenos Aires, learning fluent Spanish before the family returned to New Britain in 1935. Queta graduated from New Britain High in 1938 and Lasell Junior College in 1940. During World War II, Queta was a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps in New Britain. She married Mortimer N. Judd III in 1949 and gave birth to children Margery and Randall. Queta was a cataloguer at the New Britain Public Library for over thirty years, and loved the old place dearly, along with the gals she worked with. She was Henny to them. In 1958 or so she helped establish the first library for patients at the New Britain Memorial Hospital. Queta raised Margery and Randall with tender love and unfaltering support. An enthusiastic reader and lover of books, she taught them her thirst for knowledge and truth. On her fathers side, Queta was a descendent of Venezuelan patriots and military officers who fought under Simon Bolivar in their war for independence from Spain. Her mothers father was Capt. Clovis E. Duhain, Superintendant of Racing for the Pinkerton Agency from 1903 to 1934. He was such a well known figure at the racetracks that legendary writer Damon Runyon memorialized Old Cap Duhain in such short stories as Hot Horse Herbie and A Story Goes With It. In retirement, Queta served for over 20 years in the New Britain General Hospital Auxiliary, at first delivering flowers to patients and later could be found at the front desk helping visitors. She was also a member of the Berlin Garden Club and a volunteer at Peck Memorial Library in Berlin. Quetas family wishes to express their deep gratitude for the loving treatment she received from the nurses at the New Britain General Hospital Dialysis Unit, and to the wonderful staff at Brittany Farms Health Center. This host of angels made her long illness tolerable and greatly eased her final days. Queta is survived by her daughter Margery and her husband Lee Chase of New Britain, son Randall and his wife Elizabeth Judd of Chester, sister Elsie and her husband Warren Kingsbury of Berlin, her beloved granddaughters Elizabeth Chase and Emily Judd, and several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband Mortimer, sister Phyllis Humphrey and brother Clovis Jugo. Calling hours are on Wednesday from 5:30 7:30 PM at Carlson Funeral Home, 45 Franklin Square, New Britain. There will be a memorial service held at Kensington Congregational Church, 312 Percival Avenue, Kensington at 10:00 am Thursday. Burial is at the convenience of the family. Memorial donations may be made to the New Britain Industrial Museum, 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051. Please share a memory or note of sympathy by clicking on "GUESTBOOK" at the bottom of this page.

Henrietta "Queta" Judd

April 1, 1918 - May 27, 2007

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April 1, 1918 - May 27, 2007

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