Donna Judge

CENTREVILLE: Donna Lynn Davenport Judge died on Friday March 17, 2006 at Easton Memorial Hospital. She was 56. Donna Judge was born on August 17, 1949 in Washington, DC to the late James W. Davenport and Alice Dickerson Davenport. She attended Northwood High School in Silver Spring, MD, graduating class of 1968. She continued her education at Radford College in Virginia, graduating in 1971. She worked as a buyer at Hecht’s for ten years, until 1982, when she began Twin Ponds Duck Club, Inc. in Centreville, MD – a hunting and fishing operation for sportsmen around the world, including senators, congressman and even a President of the United States. She was an avid sportsman, enjoying fishing and hunting. She held the women’s IFGA record for snook and tarpon on light tackle. Donna was the President of Jet Dock on the Bay, formed in 2003, the Vice President of Vexel Quovis, a low speed vehicle for wheelchair users and the Chairman of the Queen Anne’s Republican Central Committee. She was the Maryland State Delegate for the Republican Convention and served as the Greeter and Representative of the State of Maryland for visiting governmental and presidential officials. Donna was a member of Governor Robert E. Ehrlich’s “Kitchen Cabinet” and was the Director of the committee to elect Governor Ehrlich. She held many positions with Hospice and most recently was the treasurer upon her passing. She assisted in forming Camp New Dawn and the Hospice Gala. She was instrumental in getting land donated to Hospice of Queen Anne’s, to allow the moving forward of the Hospice Center. Donna was named the Republican Woman of the Year in 2005 and founded the Joe Judge Fishing Derby. She was a member of the Coastal Conservation Association, Kent Narrows Chapter. She is survived by her fiancée, Abe Hopper; two brothers, Ken Davenport of Santa Rosa, CA and Donald Davenport of Clarksville, MD; an uncle, Altamont Dickerson of Ashland, VA; a niece, Karen Carrillo; two nephews, Doug Davenport and Andy Davenport; five grand-nieces and nephews, and two step children, Jessica Lister and Jacob Hopper. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 25, 2006 at 1 PM at the Kent Island United Methodist Church at 2739 Cox Neck Road in Chester, MD. Arrangements handled by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Hospice of Queen Anne’s, Inc. 300 Del Rhodes Avenue, Queenstown, MD 21658.