No headline: this obituary doesn’t meet the campaign focus. Its main subject is a private individual’s death, and the Wesleyan connections (her husband’s pastorates, Westview Wesleyan Church) are background, not news about the church’s leadership, decisions, congregations, or activities. It would need a different source, such as a church announcement about a leader’s death or a congregation’s memorial event, to qualify.

Carolyn S. “Sue” Budde, 79, died Sunday, April 19, 2020, in Marion, Indiana, according to an obituary published by Armes-Hunt Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Born Carolyn S. Drake on May 4, 1940, in Muncie, Indiana, she graduated from Delta High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana Wesleyan. She taught school for a year before staying home to raise a family.

Budde married Rev. Roger Budde on April 15, 1961. The obituary says the couple planted Mollar Road Wesleyan Church in Fort Wayne, which is now known as Lifeway Wesleyan Church. They later pastored for ten years in Alaska and then served churches in Wisconsin and Indiana before retiring in Logansport.

During their ministry, Budde taught numerous Bible studies, led women’s and children’s ministries, and played the piano and sang, the obituary says. She also worked at the Logansport Public Library for ten years. The couple moved to Marion the year before her death and were members of Westview Wesleyan Church.

Budde is survived by her husband; three daughters and sons, including Sarah Isenhart of Marion; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a sister, Phyllis Reichart of Bradenton, Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents and by a sister, Marjorie Fierce.

Because of COVID-19 restrictions at the time of her death, the obituary says, her life will be celebrated together with her husband’s at Westview Wesleyan Church in Jonesboro, Indiana, on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 11 a.m., as the notice gives the date. Memorial contributions may be made in her honor to Westview Wesleyan Church at 1300 W. 6th Street, Jonesboro, IN 46938.

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