Judith “Judie” Anne (Sykes) Prentiss died on Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Stroms- burg, Nebraska, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 12 days. Judie was the oldest of two children of Clarence and Lorraine (Wall) Sykes. She was born on Jan. 27, 1945, at Superior, Nebraska.

After graduating Ruskin High School, she attended business school in Fairbury, Nebraska.

In 1967, Judie married Jack Prentiss at the United Methodist Church in Nora, Nebraska. To this union one son was born. Soon after Russell was born, Judie decided to pursue a degree in nursing at Mary Mount in Salina, Kansas. Through the y...