Background
Grames-Lyra, Judith Ellen was born on February 7, 1938 in Inglewood, California, United States. Daughter of Glover Victor and Dorothy Margaret (Burton-Bellingham) Hendrickson and Carolyne Marie Carrick Hendrickson (stepmother).
artist educator Building engineering inspector
Grames-Lyra, Judith Ellen was born on February 7, 1938 in Inglewood, California, United States. Daughter of Glover Victor and Dorothy Margaret (Burton-Bellingham) Hendrickson and Carolyne Marie Carrick Hendrickson (stepmother).
Cert in journalism, Newspaper Institute American, New York City, 1960; Associate of Arts, Santa Barbara City College, 1971; Bachelor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978; certified in teaching, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979.
Editor, reporter, photographer, Goleta Valley Sun Newspaper, Santa Barbara, 1968-1971; editor, team assistant, bureau of Ednl. Research Development, Santa Barbara, 1971; business writer, graphics consultant, Santa Barbara, 1971-1977; art and production director, Bedell Advertising Selling Improvement Corporation, Santa Barbara, 1979-1981; secondary school teacher, Coalinga (California) Unified School District, 1981-1983; building inspector aide, Santa Barbara County, Lompoc, 1983-1988; from building engineering inspector I to III, Santa Barbara County, Lompoc, since 1988.
Member disaster response team California Building Official, 1992-2003, community emergency response team. Executive board director Lompoc Mural Society, 1991-2003. Planning commissioner City of Lompoc.
Member National Organization of Women, National Abortion Rights Action League, National Museum of Women in the Arts (charter), National Womens History Museum (charter), Lompoc Valley Art Association (board directors), Cypress Art Gallery (director), Toastmasters International (Outstanding Speaker award 1991-1993).
Children: Nanséa Ellen Ryan, Amber Jeanne Shelley-Harris, Carolyn Jane Angel Longmire, Susan Elaine Gomez, Robert Derek Shallenberger. Married Jon Robert Lyra, February 14, 1997.