Memorial Graveside services for Judy Coventry, age 84 of Omaha will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at the Inman Cemetery.  Rev. Mike Durre will officiate.  Judy passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026 at The Oaks Nursing Home in Central City.  Memorials may be directed to her family.  Arrangements are entrusted to Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.

Judy Kay Fitch was born February 14, 1941 in Wayne, Nebraska to Earl and Mamie (Isom) Fitch.  She grew up in Carroll, Nebraska for a time, before her family moved to Norfolk, Nebraska.  She attended Norfolk High School.  Judy graduated with the class of 1959.

After high school, Judy attended Norfolk Junior College for Business.  She later moved to Omaha and started working for the Social Security Administration and then got a job at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha.  She met and married Dick Coventry in Omaha on October 14, 1961.  They made their forever home in Omaha.  Judy later worked for Carrier Commercial Service from 1970 until she retired in 2005.

Judy loved playing pool, spending time on the lake and also enjoyed water skiing.  She also enjoyed oil painting.  Judy was a gifted China Painter.  She won a lot of awards for doing so and even had some of her work on display at the Porcelain Art Museum in Oklahoma City.

Judy was a member of the Omaha Pool Association and a member Brush and Palette Club of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Judy is survived by her nieces and nephews, Joe (Brandi) Coventry of Cedar Creek, MN, Bryan (Shelly) Coventry of Casper, WY, Ken Coventry of Casper WY, Jim Coventry of Inman, NE, Kari Pierson of St. Paul, NE, Coni (Richie) Meyer of Page, NE, Candi (Jason) Schindler of Creighton, NE, Kathy (Dean) Meharg of Central City, NE, Rick (Carolyn) Harmeier of Norfolk, NE, Bob (Sheri) Harmeier of Commerce, TX, Kevin (Marge) Goestch of Stanton, NE and Kirk (Annie) Goestch of Norfolk, NE.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Mamie Fitch; her husband Dick Coventry; her sisters, Anitadel (Merlin) Harmeier and Earlene Goestch; her brother, Joel "Buzz" Fitch; and her nephew, Jason Fitch; father in law and mother in law, Ken (Mary Ellen) Coventry; brothers and sisters in law, Ron (Lavonne) Coventry and Bob (Patsy) Coventry.