Judy Segal - 1935-2016

[jbsegal]

There will never be a good time to say this so I'll just say it now.
My mother, Judy Segal, died this evening, fairly suddenly and completely unexpectedly.
I expect the funeral will be on Sunday, but that's not certain yet, though it absolutely will be in Pawling. I will be heading there tomorrow (Friday).

What any time between now and the 27th looks like, I have no idea as yet. At some point I'll probably do something like sitting shiva. At some other point I'll probably hold a farewell celebration, also in NY.

Offers of practical help - "I've been through this and can try to answer questions for you when you have them" - are very welcome. Of especial interest is anyone who's dealt with a house with a reverse mortgage on it.

Anyone who knows people who want a collection of old Star Trek fanzines should also let me know.

Please feel free to share this with all who knew her.

Judith Z Segal - 9/25/1935-11/17/2016

Comments

[gingicat]

I'm so sorry. May her memory be a comfort and a blessing.

[redbird]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[morgandawn]

Oh I am sorry to hear about your mother. You can donate the collection to anyone of the existing fanzine special collections

http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/fan-culture-preservation/
http://library.tamu.edu/news/2015/08/cushing-library-releases-digitized-media-fanzine-collection.html


If these are slash zines, there is also the k/S Fanzine lending library.
https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_K/S_Library

Feel free to PM me as well.

[morgandawn]

I started a barebones bio page for her on Fanlore, the fan run wiki about media fandom. Please feel free to edit (or to send me material to add on your behalf)

https://fanlore.org/wiki/Judy_Segal

[jbsegal]

Thanks for both of these. I'd been sort of meaning to drop in that FanLore page for a while now.

BTW, do I know you? :)

[morgandawn]

I don't think we've met. I volunteer on several fandom history projects so we may have crossed paths. I live in San Jose, CA and have been a media fan for 20+ years.