La Wanda Merle Hudman

LaWanda Merle Hudman, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at the age of 76. Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 25 at White's Azle Chapel. Interment: Ash Creek Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Tuesday at White's Azle Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to your favorite children's charity or animal shelter.While the final count will never be known, Wanda and Ben Hudman's house, in their 50 years of marriage, was home to over 150 children. Some were born there, some stayed only a short while, and others a lifetime. Ben and Wanda never met a child in need that they didn't try to help. In addition to raising their own children, as short-term, long-term, and emergency care foster parents for two counties, Ben and Wanda provided hot meals, a warm bed, and loving arms to a countless number of forgotten, neglected, and abused children. When oldest son, Douglas would come home from school everyday, his first question as he set the dinner table was always: "What's the headcount tonight?" Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Ben; her son, Ron and her daughter, Patti.She was survived by her son, Douglas Hudman and wife, Debra of Azle; daughters, Hope Hudman of Arlington and Katie Hudman of Azle; grandchildren, Dr. Jennifer Hudman and wife, Carmen of Azle; Matthew Hudman and wife, Heidi of Azle and Lindsey Hudman and her other half, Brandon Leirer of Arlington; great-grandchildren, Noah, Nathaniel, Jake, Eliana, and Lily; she was also survived by many, many friends of both the two and four-legged variety.