Judith A. Windholz

Judith A. “Judy” (Shotkoski) Windholz, age 78, of Victoria, Kansas passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

She was born on December 10, 1946, in Genoa, Nebraska to Alphonse Louis and Dorothy Mary (Stanczyk) Shotkoski. She married Alfred “Al” Windholz on November 26, 1966, in Globeville, Colorado.

Judy was a paraprofessional at Fullerton Elementary School in Fullerton, Nebraska. Then Judy and Al moved to Victoria, Kansas and she worked for U.S.D. # 489 at Jefferson Elementary School, Westside School and Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy Elementary School, for over 30 years and retired in 2010.

Judy grew up in Nance County Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. She was a 1964 graduate of the Mount Carmel High School in Denver, Colorado.

Judy was a member of the Basilica of Saint Fidelis, Saint Fidelis Christian Mothers, served on the Saint Fidelis Parish Council, a volunteer on the funeral committee, a volunteer for the Victoria Meals on Wheels, and was a religious education instructor for many years. She had a big heart that touched everyone she knew, and she absolutely loved being a wife, a mom, and a grandma ~ family was everything to her.

Judy survivors include her husband, Al, of the home; her children, Dan Windholz and husband, Hunter Shaw, Brookfield, VT; Deanna Bombardier and husband, Ray, Hays, KS; Denine Larson and husband, Eric, Ankeny, IA; Darren Windholz and wife, Jill, Wichita, KS; Dale Windholz and wife, Danielle, Victoria, KS; her grandchildren, Bryant Bombardier (Kylee); Katelyn Russell (Daniel); Kyra Cornell (Nicholas); Luke Aaron; Aliyah Windholz; Averi Windholz; Riley Windholz; Alivia Windholz; Vivian Windholz; her great grandchildren, Briar, Quinlee, Mace Bombardier; Leif Russell; Jude Cornell; her brothers, Fred Shotkoski, Duncan, NE; Anthony Shotkoske, Omaha, NE; her sisters, Patti Micek and husband, Tim, Duncan, NE; Theresa Sock and husband, Dave, Lincoln, NE; Debbie Voichoskie, and husband, Chuck, Columbus, NE; her sisters-in-law, Barb, Skotkoski, Lincoln, NE; and Mary Catherine Windholz, Victoria, KS; and her brother-in-law, Larry Karlin, Phillipsburg, KS.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Alphonse and Dorothy Shotkoski; her brother, Gary Shotkoski; her brother-in-law, Marvin Windholz; her sisters-in-law, Elaine Shotkoski; and Mary Ann Karlin; and three infant children.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at The Basilica of Saint Fidelis, 900 Cathedral Ave., Victoria, Kansas with Celebrant, Father Curtis Carlson O.F.M. Cap. Burial will be in Saint Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, Kansas.

A vigil service and a Christian Mothers rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, at The Basilica of Saint Fidelis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, all at the church.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials made payable to: USD 489 Foundation for Educational Excellence in care of Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.

Condolences can be emailed to clineschapels@gmail.com or left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com