Judith SANTURE

Judith Ann Santure, more commonly known as Judy Santure-Waldo passed away at home midday on Monday, May 18, 2020. She succumbed after a year-long battle with liver cancer.

Judy was born in Merced, CA and raised in multiple cities (Air Force family). She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida, an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (and RN) from Troy State, as well as a Nurse Practitioner’s Certification from the US Air Force. She ultimately attained the rank of Captain in the US Air Force. During her career “The Stars and Stripes” (military newspaper) of July 13, 1980 reported how she had saved the life of (resuscitating) a 2-year old girl in Turkey, who had turned-blue in a nearly fatal drowning. Judy always laughed at that afterwards “the Turks thanked all the Air Force men on the beach.” She was an RN and a Nurse Practitioner for nearly 40 years, combined Air Force career and civil service at multiple military stations.

Her last 11 years were at Pensacola Naval Hospital, working in the Labor and Delivery Unit. Judy and Mike once “calculated” that she participated in approximately 1000 deliveries. She retired in 2015, and focused on “being a grandparent”. Though not herself a Rotarian, she was a strong supporter of Rotary efforts, and was even a “Paul Harris plus+2” donner to The Rotary Foundation.

Her 3 “noteworthy” quotes were:

“All that glitters is not gold; [pause] the important thing is that it glitters”. (she liked things that sparkled).

When going through chemo treatments….“I’m doing great; I’ve got 6 Jesuit alumni taking care of me”.

Most frequent reflection of life….“God always watched over me, and He has always taken good care of me”.



She is survived by            her husband, Michael Waldo

8 step-children,        Joseph Waldo (3 grandchildren, Josiah, Jesseca, and Jaydon)

Melanie Brocatto (husband, Frankie, and 3 grandchildren, Junior/Francisco, Atlas, and Izzy/Isadore)

Heather Stonely (husband, Troy, and 5 grandchildren, Avery, Sage, Kai, Asher, and Taylee)

Carrie Amado (husband, Juan-Pablo, and 4 grandchildren, London, Talmage, Fynn, and Eden)

Daniel Corrigan Jr. (wife, Mindy, and 5 grandchildren, Ellie, Janae, Andrew, James, and Caleb)

Christie Paulsen (husband, Chris, and 4 grandchildren, Hailee, Jacob, Ashlee, and Kyle)

John Corrigan (wife, Danilelle, and 3 grandchildren, Ava-Marie, Liam, and Paige)

and Michael Corrigan (wife, Kim, and 2 grandchildren, Katie and Landon)

As well as Judy’s siblings,    Michael Santure

Kristine (Santure) now, Mrs. Horace Gardner

and Marybeth (Greene) now Mrs. Dave Taylor.



Visitation will be held 10:00am until the Funeral Service to begin at 11:00am Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel, Pensacola, FL. Interment will ultimately be at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA on Saturday, June 13, 2020.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Rotary Foundation, Judy has a Rotary Foundation ID-number. Please mail donations to: The Rotary Foundation (TRF), 14280 Collections Center Dr., Chicago, IL 60693 and specify to credit her ID-number (#7100908), that way it will reflect and continue her legacy with Rotary. Also, please specify your donation to either the “Annual Fund” or to “Polio-Plus” (please only specify one).