[3] The family lived at several Pittsburgh addresses, beginning in 1932 at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighborhood of the city.

[9][10] She won awards for her lettering, including one from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for an album cover for The Story of Moondog, featuring the musician Louis Thomas Hardin in 1957.

After Andy survived an assassination attempt by Valerie Solanas at the Factory in 1968, Jed Johnson, who would become his longtime partner, moved into his Lexington Avenue home to help him recover.

[5] Julia's bedroom was in the basement, and Jed moved her bed away from the exposed brick wall because she complained that she could smell buried aborted fetuses in the New York Fertility Center next door.

[6][5] By 1970, Julia's health was rapidly declining and Jed felt that she needed full-time care in a nursing home, but Andy was against that idea.

[6] Due to his busy work schedule, Andy decided that Julia would benefit from moving back to Pittsburgh and living with his brother Paul in 1971.

[6] Julia had another stroke in Paul's house, and after being discharged from the hospital, she was placed in a nursing home against Andy's wishes, although he covered the bill.

"[15] Julia is buried with her husband Andrew in the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, near their son Andy, who would be interred there in 1987.