Judith Schwegman

July 6, 1937 - July 15, 2020

Judith Schwegman, age 83 of Carbondale, passed away, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. Judith was born on July 6, 1937 to Dr. Ellis & Virginia Crandle of Carbondale. She grew up in Carbondale except for the WWII years when her dad was an Army Doctor and the family moved all over the United States from Tennessee, to Texas, and to California. After the war, she returned with her family to Carbondale and attended University Grade and High School there. Judy graduated from SIU Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Education. She worked as a Reference Librarian in the Shawnee Library System for over 20 years. She married the boy next door, Bill Schwegman in 1954 and together they shared 65 years of marriage, during which they had three children: Rev. Deborah Troester (Joe) formerly of Lusaka Zambia; Douglas of Phoenix, AZ, and Jeffrey (Suzan) of Chesterfield, MO. Judy is survived by her husband, children, and grandchildren, Scott and Sara Schwegman of Chesterfield and Christa Troester of Los Angeles; two sisters, Linda Brandon (Kent) of Carbondale and Kathleen (Jim) Anderson of Canton, GA and a host of friends. Services will be private and by invitation only. Inurnment will be private in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park. Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.