Judy Walz was born September 10, 1939 in Avon, SD to parents Louie and Margaret (Duermier) Schulz. She died May 8, 2006 at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD with her family by her side after a long courageous battle with cancer. Judy graduated from Delmont High School. She then graduated from the South Dakota Beauty and Cosmetology Academy in Sioux Falls. She married Francis Fritz Walz on November 26, 1958. The couple lived in Parkston where Judy owned a beauty shop. In 1971 the couple moved to Beresford where Judy owned and operated a beauty shop from her house for the next 35 years. She was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church and the Beresford American Legion Auxiliary. Judy loved to spend her leisure time fishing on the Missouri River. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Kelly, and two sisters, Mae Ferber and Charmaine Gremmert. Survivors include her husband Fritz of Beresford; daughter Lori Knutson and husband Ron of Beresford; three sons: Curt Walz and special friend Kim Sample and her son Bobby, Russ Walz and wife Jenna, and Perry all of Sioux Falls; three grandchildren: Kaycee, Garrett and Korey; 7 sisters: DeeDee Thury and husband Dick of Parkston, Wilma Elliott of Sanborn, IA, Margaret Heisinger and husband Eddie of Parkston, Elaine Guthmiller and husband Alvin of Yankton, Carol Powers and husband Clifford of Avon, Ione Fideler of Delmont and Marilyn Nelson of Black Hawk, SD; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 11AM, Friday, May 12 at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Beresford with burial at St. John Catholic Cemetery, rural Beresford. Visitation will be Thursday from 2PM to 5PM at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford and resuming at 6:30PM at the church with a wake service at 7PM.