The older the Baldy Community Gets, the more sad news to post...........

As an unofficial Baldy Historian with many Baldy Oldtimers who read the blog, I have more obituaries to post.

Last Friday night, I was in conversation with a woman who had recently read the Baldy 25th Anniversary book. One of the items she mentioned was a home birth at Baldy. I had no idea that two days later, the woman who gave birth at Baldy would pass away. Jude and I were the same age.

Jude Radies of Penticton, BC, beloved mother of Selena, Salish (Brian), and Craig (Brittney), and cherished Oma to Lydia and Kendrick, passed away suddenly at the age of 69.

 

Born in Oliver, BC in 1956, Jude was a true free spirit who loved all animals and spent her childhood playing in the creek. A devoted lover of nature, she was an avid gardener and orchardist.

 

She travelled the world as a professional figure skater and later created and operated “Chapati Haven,” a beloved food bus that brought her cooking and baking to music festivals and fairs before she eventually settled at Mt. Baldy and then Penticton.

 

In 1987, Jude founded Just Pies, supplying local businesses and campgrounds with homemade pies enjoyed by both locals and tourists. As the business grew to include Serious Breads, her son Craig joined her, and for the past 18 years they worked side by side with their products eventually reaching as far as Fiji and Western Europe.

 

Jude created an amazing life for her children and shared her passion for travel with them, visiting the Netherlands, Germany, and Greece with Selena; China, Hong Kong, and Thailand with Salish and Brian; and New York. Most recently, she returned to her paradise in Isla Mujeres, a place she was able to enjoy with everyone she loved.

 

Jude was widely described as one of the strongest and kindest people anyone had ever known. She always took the time to speak with others, whether she knew them or not, and made sure they felt truly heard and would remember the littlest details.

 

She will be deeply missed by her mother, Ruth; her sisters Patricia (Bob) Reece, Colleen (Grant) Gale, and Carol-Anne (Barry) Rubner; her brothers-in-law Marc Fenwick-Wilson and Michael Fenwick-Wilson; sisters-in-law Sylvia Fenwick-Wilson, Noni Fenwick-Wilson (Stirling Fraser) and her former Spouse Graeme Fenwick-Wilson; as well as her many nieces and nephews on both sides of the family. Jude was predeceased by her father, Alvin Radies; her stepfather, Gyula; her brother-in-law, Bob; and her grandchildren, Maverick and Enya.

 

Friends and family are invited to pay their respects at a casual viewing from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 13, 2026, at Kettle Valley Memorial. A celebration of life will be held at Just Pies in the spring, when the cherry blossoms are in bloom. Further details will be shared at a later date.