Judge, Steven Thomas

Steve was active with the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill. He was a loyal volunteer and advocate for supports and services for consumers of mental-health services. He was part of the NAMI Veterans Council at the Iowa City VA Health Care System and took part in Peer Support training. He was proud to be involved with Connections, a NAMI program of support and self-help for people with serious mental illnesses. He was grateful for the Compeer for Vets program of Johnson County, and enjoyed his friendship with Wayne.

He owned his own home and loved home management: mowing grass, raking leaves, snow-blowing. He opened his home to the Fairweather Lodge work group when they spent several weeks volunteering in Iowa City after the flood. His willingness to offer his home and help facilitated networking efforts that eventually helped establish Fairweather Lodge homes in the Iowa City area.

Steve's passing is grieved by his wife, Diane, and mother, June, of Iowa City; his father and stepmother, Tom and Mary Lou Judge of California; his brothers, David Judge and Mike Judge (Masae Yoshino) of Iowa City; and his sister, Katherine (Nick McNamara) of Madison, Wis.

Steve was preceded in death by his younger brother, John Judge, loving father of Kristin Rutz (Jason) of Minnesota and Lindsay Huntington of Arizona.

Steve's family has asked any memorials be made in his name to NAMI Johnson County, P.O. Box 3087, Iowa City, IA 52244-3087 and/or Compeer of Johnson County, Mental Health Center, 507 E. College St., Iowa City, IA 52240.

Online condolences may be directed to www.lensing

funeral.com.

Published Nov. 2, 2013 in The Gazette