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Remembering and Honoring Judy Love

Nov 6, 2024 | Community, OCCF News

Philanthropist and former OCCF Trustee Judy Love

Left to Right: Greg Love, Liza Cameron, Jenny Love Meyer, Judy Love, Tom Love

Left to Right: Jim Clark, Carolyn Clark, Jane Jayroe Gamble, Nancy Anthony, Gerald Gamble, Judy Love

Back row: William Shdeed; David Hornbeek Christian Keesee; John Belt; Paul B. Odom, Harry Merson

Front Row: Ron Norick; James H. Holloman, Jr.; Steve Mason; Nancy L. Coats; Kirkland Hall; Judy Love; Jane Jayroe Gamble.

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation trustees and staff offer our sincere condolences to the family of Judy Love.

In 1999, Judy and Tom Love began their long-running partnership with OCCF when they established the Love Family Affiliated Fund. Mrs. Love then served as a Trustee for the Oklahoma City Community Foundation from 2002–2011.

During her service at OCCF, she served on the Margaret Annis Boys Trust/Parks and Public Spaces Initiative Committee, the Marketing and Communications Committee, and the Facilities Committee where she was instrumental in the planning and construction of the Foundation’s offices at 10th and Broadway.

To illustrate appreciation for her service to the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Judy Love Community Foundation Scholar Award- established in 2011 to honor her years of services.

In 1964, Judy and her husband, Tom, founded Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores when they leased an abandoned single gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma. Little did they know this would one day spark an empire that now includes more than 640 stores operating in 42 states.

Judy was a graduate of Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma. Through the years, Judy took an active interest in the community, both volunteering and serving as a board member for many organizations including the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Civic Center Foundation. 

You may find Judy’s obituary and information on the Nov. 10 services here.

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OCCF will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving from Thursday, Nov. 28 through Friday, Nov. 29.

We will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2. Best wishes from all of us to you.

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