Judy Caroline Ploghoft

February 24, 1941 – January 31, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Judy Caroline Ploghoft, 82, who passed away on Jan. 31, 2024, while at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington after suffering a stroke. She was a resident of Moses Lake, Washington at the time of her passing. The oldest of six children of Earnest and Ethel Bendixen Montague, Judy was born on February 24, 1941, in Ontario, Oregon. To find farmwork, the family moved between Vale and Nyssa, OR, before settling in Payette, Idaho. Judy attended Eastside and Westside elementary schools in Payette. She also attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was baptized on Sept. 18, 1949, in Ontario, Ontario. The family moved to Moses Lake, Washington in 1952. Hers was the first class to attend Chief Moses Middle School and she was part of the 1959 graduating class of the newly-built Moses Lake High School. She was also a 1959 graduate of the Grand Coulee Stake Seminary Program.