Judy "Black" Wolfe-Hopfinger

Judy (Black) Wolfe-Hopfinger age 72, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2011, due to the affects of ALS. Judy was born July 23, 1939, in Polson, Montana, the first of four children in the family of "Buck" and Mary Black. Judy attended school in Polson and graduated from Polson High School in 1957. She graduated from Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, in 1959. Then a B.S. Pharmacy degree from the University of Montana in 1962. Judy had a love of horses that started with the gift of Pepper a pinto from her Grandma Fierce. Her love of horses led her to take a leave of absence from her position of director of Pharmacy at St. Peters Hospital in Helena, Montana. With her two year old quarter horse, Cajun Devil she headed to the quarter horses tracks of the northwest-Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, at the track she met Johnny Hopfinger. Together they trained and raced quarter horses in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. They moved to Yakima, Washington, and Judy returned to Pharmacy. They started raising and showing Boer Goats. Judy served several years on the board of directors of the National Boer Goat Association. Judy and Johnny moved to Sutherlin, Oregon, in 2009.
Judy is survived by brothers, Laird (Ronnie) Black, Dr. Fred Black (Karolyn) Black of Roseburg, Oregon; sister, Mary (Greg Eagle) Calanche of Dayton, Washington, and her husband, Johnny Hopfinger of Sutherlin. Also several nieces and nephews.