Judith Kaye Raisley, age 79, of Prospect, passed away peacefully late Saturday, October 26, 2024, in Concordia of Cranberry, after she lost her fierce battle with leukemia.
Born August 16, 1945 in Butler, she was the daughter of the late Archie Edward and Clara Elizabeth Herold Shaffer.
She was a proud 1963 alumni of Slippery Rock Area High School, who loved her schoolmates and enjoyed every class reunion. She attended Adrian College in Michigan, and then returned home to work at the former Nationwide Insurance on Main Street Butler, where she made life time friends, especially Kathy (David) Craig and Louann (Richard)Lucas.
She was a housewife and mother to two daughters when her husband Ed suddenly passed away, leaving her to continue the operations of the Raisley Funeral Home in Prospect for over 40 years on a widows license. During that time, she had also served on the Slippery Rock Area School Board in the 80’s and as the local Tax Collector for Prospect Borough, Slippery Rock School District, and Butler County for 35 years, retiring in 2021.
Judy was a faithful member of the Mt Chestnut Presbyterian Church, where she enjoyed being in the choir and loved her choir family at weekly Thursday night practices. Previously she was a longtime member at The Presbyterian Church of Prospect, where she served many years as an Elder. She enjoyed Holiday Church Services and Community Lenten Services. She also enjoyed her friends at the Prospect Emmanual Lutheran Church and many friends at the festivals and dinners at St Christopher’s Catholic Church in Prospect.