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Judith Emma Belter

 Judith Emma Belter

LAS VEGAS — Judith Emma Belter passed away on Oct. 6, 2022, while residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born in Sharon, in November of 1950. She was the daughter of the late Garwood H. Belter, Jr and the late Emma Belter.

Judith grew up in Lime Rock on the family farm and attended Salisbury Central School and Housatonic Valley Regional High School. She was known for her school spirit and always helping and encouraging others. Her yearbook honors her as “most school spirit”. She was a jovial, people loving gal.

Leaving Connecticut to California in the mid-1970’s, Judith held a variety of work positions before deciding to further her education. During the years while completing a Certification in Web Design and Development at Santa Rosa Junior College she was employed with Apple Computer and MCI Electronics Data Services in Napa, California. After graduating in 2002 she moved to Las Vegas. While finishing a BS degree in information Technology at the University of Phoenix, she continued her business career with Miles Kimball and Mower Communications. After receiving her IT degree in 2005 her focus was on systems analysis and support for customer service then as a specialist and the management of high- profile clients for Williams-Sonoma. In 2010 a desired position opened for her at Zappos where she remained until they were purchased by Amazon. Her retirement in 2021 concluded over a decade of in-depth experience with the combined Zappos/Amazon in their Customer Loyalty Teams where she was known to be an accomplished expert at troubleshooting and problem solving. She enjoyed helping people and finding solutions.

She is survived by her sisters; Sylvia Cooley (husband Skip Cooley), Jeanne Bond (husband Vincent) and Garma Waldron and her niece Lindsay Waldron and grandniece Lily Dolan. She was pre-deceased by her brother-in-law David Waldron and her nephew Gared Waldron.

​She will be missed by many friends and family.

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