NORWICH – William J. Judd IV, age 47, of Orwell, Ohio, died on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was born on Jan. 12, 1961 in Oneonta. He is the son of William J. and Priscilla (Fogarty) Judd III. Bill was a 1979 graduate of Norwich High School in Norwich. William had been a resident of Orwell for the past fifteen years, where he was a firefighter and officer for the Orwell Fire Department since 1995. He enjoyed his dogs and baseball, and especially enjoyed bicycle and four-wheel riding with his grandson.
Bill is survived by his wife, Melody (Lawton), who he married on June 30, 1984, in Norwich. His two daughters, Amy Callahan of Andover, Ohio and Keri Judd of Orwell, Ohio also survive him. Bill is also survived by his father, William J. (Katherine) Judd III of Richmond, Va.; mother, Priscilla (Harry) Cincotta of Inverness, Fla.; sister, Lorian Kostranchuk of Albuquerque, N.M.; half-brother, Harry Cincotta of Albuquerque, N.M., and Matthew Judd of Chantilly, Va.; half-sisters, Stacy Binelli of Norwich, and Sarah VanDam of Richmond, Va.; and grandsons, Kobe and Kaiden Callahan of Andover, Ohio.
Funeral services for William will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Paine-Guerriero Funeral Home, 140 East Main Street, Orwell, Ohio with the Rev. Sandy Seaton-Todd, of the Orwell Presbyterian Church, officiating. Family and friends will be received at the funeral home from noon until the service on Friday.