Eleanor Judah - Obituary

n Monday, June 2, 2008, the beloved wife of Melvin A. Judah; loving sister of the late John Hannon. she is also survived by 6 nieces and nephews. Eleanor is a retired Associate Professor of the National Catholic School of Social Service at The Catholic University of America. Since 1998, as Associate Chaplain at the District of Columbia Detention Facility, she has given direct service weekly to inmates at the DC Jail. Dr. Judah's social work practice experience in Pittsburgh, Washington, Hartford and Birmingham, England, includes direct practice, supervision,field instruction, and consultation, primarily in services to families and child placement. As a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Birmingham, she researched policy and services to homeless and multi-problem families in a welfare state. Dr. Judah's professional publications appear in Social Casework, the Journal of Social Work Education, Social Thought, Charities USA, and Social Work (British). Friends are invited to call at St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 630 E Street S.W. on Friday, June 6 from 10am until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11am. Interment will take place in St. Joseph, Missouri at a later date. Local arrangements by the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, Oxon Hill, Md.