Judith Bergen (1937-1982) was the adopted daughter of Emory Ford Bergen & wife Helen Treva (Armstrong). Judy's birth name was Judith Ann Miner. She was the eldest of two children (daughters, Judith born 1937, & Linda born 1938) born to Emory's sister Florence Cordelia (Bergen) Miner & husband Paul Leroy Miner. Judy graduated from Danville High School (Danville, IN) in 1955, attended DePauw University (Greencastle IN) in 1955-56, and graduated from Butler University (Indianapolis IN) in 1960. She was twice-wed and twice-divorced (Beam, then Maupin), the mother of three children by her first marriage. Though largely unknown, (other than regionally among genealogists), Judy leaves a vast legacy for the benefit of others.

Though perhaps unknown nationally, for the region she served genealogically, she was better than a superstar and will always be remembered with gratitude. Transcribing & publishing tombstone info and family history data for families of Calloway, Lyon, & Trigg Counties, Kentucky, and Stewart County, Tennessee, makes her an absolute heroine in our area!

Judith Ann (Miner/Bergen) Beam Maupin was an amazing person! The catalyst for her life's work evidently came in stages. She was an adoptee, a high school literary editor, a college grad, a cemetery transcriptionist, publishing five genealogical books, four on cemeteries in KY-TN, and a collaborative book on a local family history. She also was a wife & mother, but lost her first baby, a stillborn daughter. Her own adoption & the loss of her own firstborn baby combined to turn her heart to connecting families. Judy was a genealogical newspaper columnist for my hometown newspaper, The Murray Ledger & Times. She was also an administrative assistant spanning seven years in various roles at Murray State University where she served as clerical assistant in the psychology department, and as a project secretary in grant-writing and for innovation & development & reporting of handicapped services, becoming Special Ed secretary & the Administrative Assistant for Handicapped Services in the Center for Innovation & Development . Meanwhile she was also working on a joint historical Civil War project related to the earthworks at Pine Bluff, Stewart Co TN. Later, after her divorce, and moving to be close to her elderly adoptive parents in IN in the summer of 1982, she briefly worked for Manpower Services in Indianapolis.

Judy's entire adult life was spent in service directed toward connecting families as well as mentoring individuals in education and employment.

Judy's life was brutally cut short at age 45 when she was found murdered. Being robbed of life, it would be a shame for her also to be robbed of legacy. The shock and trauma of her death precipitated the deaths of her elderly parents, the ones who adopted and raised her, her mother within four years, her father within eight. Details of her murder (Case # 2-3200-1992 & Superior Court # 2SCR82-177) were carried in newspapers of Indiana and Kentucky (21 articles in Indianapolis, Brownsburg, Plainfield, & Danville IN; & 6 articles in Murray & Louisville, KY, between dates of 1 Oct 1982 & 20 Jan 1983). Thereafter the case seems to have been dropped with no further investigation and no info presented on any Cold Case Homicide Databases.

Tragically, Judy didn't get to see her children graduate, attend college, marry, or have children of their own. But they should be blessed with the knowledge and comfort of what their mother-grandmother did accomplish in the service of her fellowman. My heart goes out to Judy in gratitude for all she did while she was living to connect others to their ancestral families. It's my desire to make others aware of her cemetery books (1974-1981), family history (1981), and her genealogical column, "Echoes From the Past" (1976-1982).

From time to time, I find online queries about Judy or her books or columns. She blessed my family by her vast genealogical work in cemeteries, books, and weekly column, and I want to bless her family in return. It took years of research but her full name at birth was Judith Ann Miner. The name she claimed in life was Judith Ann Bergen, later Mrs. Richmond W. Beam Jr., still later Mrs. Jerry Duane Maupin, yet the name her adoptive family wanted her known & remembered by is Bergen. So, not Maupin, not Beam, not Miner, she was a combination of them all, with Bergen as the name of choice, the name of the adoptive parents who loved and raised her, their only child.

Documentation of Judy's biological parentage is preserved in newspapers. Judy was mentioned in the obituary of her biological/birth mother: "Mrs Florence C Miner" in the Utica Observer Dispatch, 19 Dec 1976. Judy is also mentioned in at least two newspaper articles, while she & her sister Linda were in the care of their widowed maternal grandmother, Ida (Albright) Bergen, prior to Judy's 1940s adoption by her aunt & uncle. News article one, "[Girls Friendly] Society Admits 11 New Members," Utica Daily Observer, 8 May 1944, mentions Judith Miner as receiving an attendance award at the time her younger sister Linda Miner was admitted to the Girls' Friendly Society of the Calvary Episcopal Church. News article two, "Children vie in Library Reading Club," Utica Daily Observer, 4 Jul 1947, pictures & mentions Linda Miner & Judith Miner of 159 Eagle, Utica, the address of their grandmother Ida (Albright) Bergen. Judy's biological mother and adoptive father (her biological uncle) are listed in the obituary of her grandmother Ida (Albright) Bergen, along with confirmation of their previously-shared address of 159 Eagle, Utica, NY: "Mrs Charles W Bergen," Utica Daily Press, 27 Jul 1963. The address is also verified in the 1938 Utica City Directory (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1721088).

Not sure what circumstances required, or allowed, the intermediary care-taking and the subsequent adoption, whether illness or inability, or compassion, or a combination of both, or all, but Judy was adopted and raised by her childless maternal uncle E. Ford & aunt Helen as their very own, carrying their surname as her public name throughout her schooling and until she married.

Judy's life's work included the following publications (listing is a post-humous "Lifetime Achievement Award" from me):

(1) [Multiple Publications. Dual Title.] Cover: Land Between the Lakes Cemetery Records 1815-1972 (with tombstone photo containing word "Murdered") compiled by Judith Ann Beam; or, Title Page: Cemetery Records of Land Between the Lakes (Betwixt the Rivers) 1814-1973 by Judith Ann Beam, printed by Winchester Printing Company, January 1974. See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 51449612, (294 pages). Directly access the original digitized book at https://dcms.lds.org/deliver/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11634249).
+ The book was reprinted in 1982 by Judith Ann Maupin. See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 8623360.
+ This was also reprinted post-mortem by Simmons Historical Publishing in 1996 under a different title: Kentucky Jackson Purchase Land Between the Lakes Cemeteries. The final version is still available (http://www.simmonsgenealogybooks.com).

(2) The Kentucky Lake Cemetery Relocation Project, Judith Ann Maupin, 1975.
See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 2290131 (295 pages).

(3) Trigg County [KY] Cemeteries 1811-1979, by Judith Ann Maupin, 1980.
See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 429360478 (303 pages).

(4) Multiple Publications. Dual Title. First title: Calloway County [KY] Cemeteries: Heart of the Jackson Purchase, by Judith Ann Maupin, 1981.
See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 866869661 (514 pages).
+ Reprinted post-mortem in 1996, by Evelyn Pfingston Dismore (providing full name index) as Calloway County [KY] Cemeteries: Heart of the Jackson Purchase by Judith Ann Maupin.
See www.WorldCat.org OCLC # 7950573 (495 pages).

(5) The Futrell Family: An Outline of the Families of Thomas, Benjamin, and John Futrell, jointly co-authored by Judith Ann Maupin & Hazel Shaw (one-room school teacher), 1981.
See www.worldcat.org OCLC # 9248540 (97 pages).

(6) Newspaper Columnist for "Echoes From the Past" published (1977-1982) in The Murray Ledger & Times, of Murray, Calloway Co KY. A partial listing with transcriptions of her genealogical newspaper columns can be viewed at: http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/maupin/maupin.html.

(7) A collection of her papers (including original news clippings) is owned by Pogue Library Special Collections, Murray State University (Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky): "Judith Ann Maupin Papers" (1973-1982)(https://libguides.murraystate.edu/MS82-01).

Tributes for Judy's life can be viewed at:
(1) A dedicated website (https://genealogyechoesfromthepast.wordpress.com) contains Judy's 2017 80th Birthday Tribute. It's my hope for the future to include transcripts of some of her genealogical column.
(2) An online tribute tree with Judy's ancestry and descendancy, her timeline, and lifetime accomplishments has been created & posted (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/101586240/person/300010744499/facts). (Living people are shielded & protected as private.) Visit the timeline & the gallery for facts of Judy's life & contributions. Tree Title: "Bergen Family Tree: Judith Ann (Miner / Bergen) Beam Maupin, (aka: Judy Maupin)."

So grateful for life & work of Judith Ann (Miner/) Bergen Beam Maupin, a blessing worth remembering!

MULTIPLE BURIALS DATA, THE TECHNICAL DETAILS (12 Jul 2018):
Spoke with Ron Randolph at Randolph-Weaver Funeral Home; listened to two voice mails from Brenda (surname withheld) at Maple Hill Cemetery, speaking with her a couple times; also spoke with David Swanson at Danville South Cemetery again, so we are all on the same page now and know what truly happened.

Bottom line: Judith was disinterred from Danville South Cemetery and reburied at the second, Maple Hill Cemetery, on 28 Mar 1986, during the month of her mother's death. Father, mother & daughter are buried together at the Maple Hill Cemetery as their triple tombstone suggests.

First Interment:
3 Oct 1982 at Danville South Cemetery, address 515 S Cross Street, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, 46122 USA, phone (posted Baker Funeral Home 317-745-2360) or (referred) 317-223-9349, caretaker David Swanson. The cemetery is located in Center Township (SE quadrant of the SE quadrant of the NE quadrant of Section 9 Township 15N Range 1W).
Burial location for Judith Ann (Bergen) Maupin was in the 1948 addition, Lot 59, Grave Space 3, purchased from Bob Rader. (No stone.)

Disinterment & Second Interment:
28 Mar 1986 removed to Maple Hill Cemetery (also known as the Plainfield Cemetery), address 709 S. Harding Street, Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, 46168 USA, phone 317-839-6770, secretary Brenda. The cemetery is located in the city of Plainfield, south of US 40. The main entrance is to the west on Harding Street, which is one-way southbound. The west entrance can also be easily accessed via Maple Hill Street. The intersection of S. East Street and Maple Hill Street has a cemetery sign on the southeast corner. Maple Hill Street can then be taken directly to and into the main entrance. The south entrance is accessed via the parking lot of the I.O.O.F. Hall on Stafford Road. The cemetery office is immediately inside this entrance.
Burial location for Judith Ann Bergen (ditching the final married name Maupin) was in Block 8, Section 29, Grave 26. (Triple tombstone.)

(SOURCE: "Burial Records of Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield, Indiana (1977-2013)" Page 74, (8th of 28 entries): Maupin, Judith Ann [disinterred from Danville Cemetery] , Burial Date: 28 Mar 1986, Age: 81 [sic, 45 at death & 49 at reburial; her mother who was buried earlier same month was 81!]; Block 8, Section 29, Grave 26, Page/Reference 70/129. REF: http://www.plainfieldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Maple-Hill-Cemetery-1977-2013.pdf. ALERT: Searched this record for burial as Judith Ann Bergen, did NOT find it listed separately. Found her mother on Page 17 (3rd entry of 29) as Helen Treva Bergun, instead of Bergen, so the surname misspelled! Burial Date: March 13, 1986, Age: 81, Block 8, Section 29, Grave 25, Page/Reference: 70-129. Conclusion: In this derivative Cemetery Records Book, they erroneously recorded the mother's age (81) as the daughter's age, too! Also found husband/father E. Ford Bergen, on Page 9 (24th of 29 entries), Burial Date: May 14, 1990, Age 89, Block 8, Section 29, Grave 24, Page/Reference: Book 8 70-127.])

Memorial Tribute prepared by Rose H. Bonnell.