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This plaque was placed adjacent to the Post Office employee entrance, above a bench where Judy liked to sit.

On a chilly spring day last week, former co-workers of the late Judy Anderson, along with her friends and family, gathered at the Carnation Post Office to remember her and dedicate a memorial plaque and garden.

Judy, a longtime letter carrier, her husband Wayne, their son Scott and his wife Erica and their two young children, were slain Christmas Eve at their rural home, allegedly by the Andersons’ daughter Michele and her boyfriend Joe McEnroe.

The May 7th dedication was also attended by the postmasters and staff from the Duvall and Fall City post offices and Judy’s grandson Ben Anderson.

The ceremony included a presentation by Postmaster Lori Cleaver of a service award in Judy’s honor by the Seattle District Manager and the unveiling of the plaque by Judy’s friend Linda Thiele. The plaque is located above a bench next to the employee entrance.

“Judy and Linda used to like to sit on the bench together,” Cleaver explained. “They were the closest friends.”

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Carnation postal clerk Kim Moody (l) adjusts a sign during last week’s dedication ceremony of a memorial garden created at the Post Office in honor of former letter carrier Judy Anderson. A wall plaque was also installed in her memory. Standing in the middle background are Jennifer Gehring and her daughter Grace, 2, and Allison Gallaher and her daughters Kaitlyn, 4, and Holly, 3, who helped place rocks painted by the Carnation MOMs Club in the garden. The flowering cherry tree was donated and planted by Sterling Landscaping.

Postal clerk Kim Moody acknowledged Sterling Landscaping which donated and planted a flowering cherry tree in the memorial garden by the route carrier driveway.

Cleaver said staff had called Sterling just for a bid on the tree.

“But when they found out why we wanted the tree, they just came out and did it,” she said.

The MOMs Club of Carnation (about 50 moms get together) also got involved, painting rocks which they placed in the garden.