Judith Ellen Brengman

Judith Ellen Brengman passed away at home on the night of 4 Sept 2026 from stage 4 colon cancer.

Judy is survived by her husband Joe, son Sean, granddaughter Chloe Lupton (Sam), great grandson David Lupton and her sister Jennifer Geronime (Jeff). Judy and Joe's 40th wedding anniversary would have been next month.

Judy worked many years at Mountain Home AFB ID. Some may remember Judy from her work on active duty as the NCOIC of Customer Service at the CBPO/MPF or her time in civil service as the Civil Engineering Squadron Commander's Secretary or as a Quality Inspector at TMO.

She was known to most as "the quilt lady". After her 30-year careers in the USAF (20) and civil service (10), what began as a hobby truly became her life. Because of her love for our Shelties and quilting, she became known in her emails as "SheltieQuilts".

Her sewing room was aflutter with memo notes on many projects that were titled "Sew Much To Do - Sew Little Time". How true!

Judy would spend hours designing a unique quilt for each person, deciding on just the right fabrics and threads and making sure the seams were just perfect. She was proud of what she made as each quilt had its own "Made by Judy Brengman" label. The joy it gave to those who received it was priceless!

After Judy's passing, Joe found out from Miss Melody, the lady in Missouri that did all the final top-quilting, that Judy had sent her 200+ quilts over the years! Miss Melody initially thought "SheltieQuilts" was a quilt shop business as Judy would sometimes send her 4 to 5 quilts at a time. She was a bit surprised to find out it was just one person who was also making quilted purses, quilted holiday wreaths, quilted Christmas cards and ornaments. She was really surprised that Judy gave nearly all of these projects away to her family and friends.

As we remember those lost on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Joe would like to share a "Judy story" with you. In the month after the 9/11 attacks, he was deployed with the 391st FS to Kuwait in support of "Operation Enduring Freedom" (which carried out the first USAF airstrikes on the Taliban in Afghanistan). Judy was maintaining the homefront and wanted to do something to show her support. While she was still learning how to quilt, she felt the need to capture the events of that somber day. This was one of her very first quilts and she sent it with a heartfelt message of support to the White House for President George W. Bush. Although the White House sent acknowledgement of receiving her quilt, it is unlikely that President Bush ever saw them so there is solace in the hope that they may be in the presidential archives somewhere.

Judy did not want a funeral as so many of her family and friends live so far away As a military veteran, the final resting place of her cremains has yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to do so may make a donation in her name to the American Cancer Society.