Judy Kay Morey

Judy K. Morey, 75, daughter of the late John Edward and Wilma Walker Strough, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1965.

She lived her entire life in the Los Angeles/Foothills area, marrying her high school sweetheart, Stephen Gary Morey April 30, 1966, and raising two sons, Bryan Matthew Morey and Gary Michael Morey (deceased).

Judy was a people person who was active in the community and began a 30-year career in real estate with Dilbeck Real Estate LaCanada/Flintridge in 1990. She often said she "loved making people's dreams come true"
and quoted Freud: "The two most important things in life are work and love. If you're lucky enough to love your work, the results are good."

If you're good at your work, the results are even better. Most of her real estate clients were referrals from satisfied customers. People loved her smile and enthusiasm. She was great at numbers and even greater at seeing every house on the market at a given time. She happily loaded her real estate associates, and working partner Julie Mahoney, into her sparkling red Lincoln SUV for the weekly caravan to tour new listings.

As a regular inductee of Dilbeck's prestigious Winners' Circle and Multi-Million Dollar Club, Judy was a member of the California Association of Realtors, the Dilbeck Pasadena/Foothill Association of Realtors®, and the National Association of Realtors®.

Although Judy was serious about business, she also was fun. She had a fabulous love of 60s and 70s rock music and kept the radio tuned to vintage rock and roll. She enjoyed keeping up with friends from that era and assisted in planning the reunions for the John Marshall High School Class of '65, working on every detail to ensure a memorable event.

Judy also loved the holidays when she would bake hundreds of cookies with her son Bryan each year, including peanut butter, chocolate chip and her famous peanut brittle. Even the Union 76 gas station owner at the corner of Foothill and Descanso Drive received a bag of sweets.

Once you met Judy, it felt like you'd known her forever. At a grocery store, you could ask her "Are these pink lady apples better than Granny Smith apples?" She would immediately answer, "Less money, same great taste, if not better." Then she would proceed to pick out a few and give them to you with, "Give these a try; you'll like them much better." She approached everyone with congeniality, candor, honesty, and a well-practiced dry wit. Her closest friends also knew her as deeply loyal and supportive in times of triumph or difficulty.

Judy leaves many loving family members to mourn her passing, including her son Bryan Morey (La Crescenta), sisters Dee Anne Butcher (Santa Rosa) and Nancy Carnes (Kingwood, Texas), and niece and nephews, Lisa Carnes Dempsey, John Carnes, Ron Butcher, Daniel Butcher, and wife Sara, and Dean Butcher, as well as great-nieces and nephews.

Judy is preceded in death by her son Gary Michael Morey and former husband Stephen Gary Morey.

A memorial gathering will be held at the Old North Church at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills at 2:30 on August 5, 2022.