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Facts and Events
| Name |
Judith "Jude" Flux |
| Alt Name |
Jude _____ |
| Alt Name |
Jude _____ |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
26 Apr 1934 |
Brighton, , Victoria, Australia |
| Education[1] |
Bet 1946 and 1949 |
High School |
| Marriage |
17 Jan 1959 |
Saint Mathews Church, Prahran, , Victoria, Australiato Warwick "Toddy" Lincoln Todman |
| Other |
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Marriage Notice
with Warwick "Toddy" Lincoln Todman |
| Other |
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Camperdown Chronicle Newspaper
with Warwick "Toddy" Lincoln Todman |
| Other |
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unknown newspaper most likely the Camperdown Chronicle Newspaper
with Warwick "Toddy" Lincoln Todman |
| Death? |
15 Dec 2005 |
Grovedale, Geelong, , Victoria, Australia |
| Burial? |
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Camperdown General Cemetery, Camperdown, , Victoria, AustraliaCremated: Y |
| Other[2] |
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Eulogy |
| Other[3] |
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written and spoken by Andrea Buckly nee Todman Eulogy |
References
- ↑ School Report - J Flux. Education Department Victoria Pupil's Record Book.
- ↑ Judith grew up in Bentleigh the second child in the family. She attended East Bentleigh Primary school. Later going to Mac Robertson's Girl High School. Jude's' mother died when she was twelve at the time her father was in the Air Force. Jude and her older brother Roy were looked after by friends and neighbours.
Judy left school at sixteen where she gained work at the Eye and Ear Hospital. This is where she decided she wanted to be a nurse. Being too young for her General training she undertook her Nurse Aide training at The Eye and Ear Hospital. When she turned eighteen she applied to The Alfred, where she was accepted to do her General Nurse Training.
Judy loved her time at the Alfred. She made many life time friends. She did not even mind the split shifts as she could go back to her room to sleep.
On completing her training she did a staff year on Von Clinch's ward. This she enjoyed she still kept in touch with Von until her death.
After completing her time at The Alfred, Judy did her midwifery training at The Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. This is where she befriended fellow Midwifery student Judy Todman. Judy introduced Jude to her Dairy farmer brother Warwick.
After completion of her Midwifery, Jude moved to Camperdown in the Western District. She worked at the Camperdown and District Hospital before and after her marriage to Warwick. Jude learnt about cows and life in the country. Until her death she hated animals that were bigger than her. She left the local hospital to have her four children. Following the drought of 1967 she went back to work at Camperdown and District Hospital. For the next twenty years she worked there until she retired due to illness. Judy was proud that her daughter Andrea and niece Marita Flux followed her footsteps to do their training at the Alfred Hospital. Judy made wonderful lifetime friends, she would wish them all well now.
- ↑ Welcome to everyone here today. I would like to share some personal reflections of my mother with you
Since getting married in 1983 and moving to Canberra and back to Melbourne in 1988, Mum and I got inot the nightly habit of calling each other.
This nightly ritual was held after 7.00pm when Telstra's high rates dropped so we could talk for ages. Take note Nigel and Simon!!
Most of you out there knew that it was out time as mother and daughter. You could only ring Mum before or after we had completed out call.
These calls were a great comfort for both Mum and myself.
We would talk about the day's highs and lows and how to deal with what lay ahead.
We solved many of the family's issues and a few world problems thrown in for good measure. I will miss this nightly ritual.
Reflecting on some magic Moments family's with Mum
I remember Mum would drive me to all the mod and old time dances at places like South Purrumbete, Chocolyn and Colbricho. Mum would stay outside in the car waiting for the finish of the night so she could watch over me.
Mum was insistent that we learnt to swim as she could not swim and she did not want us to share that she fear of water.
Later on , she was thrilled that I had been accepted to do Nursing at the Alfred Hospital as she also trained there. I think she felt there was a family tradition beginning.
Her advice to me before starting at the Alfred was:
No.1 always smile
No.2 be pleasant to people especially the realy sick and the elderly.
No. 3 wear some makeup so you had cheery face for the patients
No.4 ensure make some life time friends.
All four rules, I think I have done.
I recall years ago: She did try to encourage me to wear a dress and something pink. I rarely did that but today I am finally doing what she suggested to me all those years ago.
Looking back more recently.
I recall after telling I was pregnant with Todd, my eldest, she was so excited to be a grandmother at long last. You see...She saw little hope at the time for any prospects from her three sons. Her friend, Dell Roberts, already had lots of grandchildren.
When Todd was born 9 weeks early, the midwife in Mum came out when she went to the hospital to visit me. She came into the labour ward ... saw me bending over my case .... told me off for being out of bed and not resting.
It took about 2 minutes of explanation from me that I had already had the baby.
Her mood changed to one of delight but worry that baby Todd would survive. It took over a week before she could hold him as he was in the neo natal intensive care form birth. Mum got straight intensive knitting when she went back home and produced many patchwork woolen jumpers tat most of her 8 grandchildren wore at some stage.
When Todd was about 18 months old, we three went to Garden World (a big nursery in Springvale). It is here that Todd received his first packet of potato chips. She showed him how to extract a chip from the packet and eat them. He has never looked back! With Ryan my second son, she taught him to blow bubbles. I think he enjoyed the bubble mixture on the table more. To Nick my youngest boy - he loves Yo yo biscuits each visit to Gar house meant Yo Yos.
Mothers never change with some things When visiting our home or staying, Mum would do the ironing and rearrange my ornaments! I will miss that. She was full of advice for the garden from plant location to choicer of plants and where to put that water feature.
The loves of my mother can be summed up as follows:
1. Her garden and her pot plants
2. Visiting OP shops and finding knick knacks for her family at a bargain price
3. Always wearing bright colours, earrings and beads when going out
4. Her family and close friends
in summary, I'm glad before she left us, Mum came down on her last weekend which we spent earrings with my family. She saw that the garden was looking beautiful and I am pleased that we have parted the best of friends.
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