Sue Ellen Rudy, age 80, of Delaware, Ohio and formerly of Marion, peacefully entered into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at Dublin Methodist Hospital with her loving family by her side.

Sue was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 10, 1943, the daughter of the late Roland and Sue (Myser) Sayre. She was raised in Wooster, Ohio, graduating from Wooster High School in 1961. She furthered her education at Muskingum University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in 1965. She additionally took graduate study courses at The Ohio State University in Marion.

While attending Muskingum, Sue became a member of the Chi Alpha Nu (Kianu) sorority and eventually met the love of her life, a Mace, William “Bill” Rudy. They were united in marriage on June 5, 1965, the day before their college graduation and celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary just a day before her passing.

Following graduation, Sue and Bill moved to Marion, Ohio, to both become educators for the Marion City Schools. Sue positively impacted the lives of hundreds of students among the halls of Pearl Street, Glenwood, and George Washington Elementary Schools for twenty-six years, retiring in 2001.

Sue was a very faithful, 50-plus-year member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Marion. Following a move to Delaware in 2021 to be closer to family, Sue and Bill transferred their membership to Stonybrook United Methodist Church in Gahanna, where their son-in-law, Rev. David Hoffman, is the senior pastor.

As snowbirds, Sue and Bill loved spending their winters at Royal Coachman Resort in Nokomis, Florida for the last 23 years. Sue will be missed by her many Florida friends from across the country who continue to head south each winter.

Sue was actively involved in crafting and was a talented painter, with folk art and rosemaling being two of her favorite painting styles. In addition to her winters in Florida, she also loved traveling, boating, and spending time with her beautiful granddaughters, Andrea and Alyson.

Sue was an exceptional wife, loving mother, and adoring grandmother. Her family teased that she also deserves “extra credit” for putting up with Bill for 59 years.

Left to cherish her memory are her beloved husband, Bill; her two children, Melissa (Rev. David) Hoffman of Lewis Center and Christopher (Lindsay) Rudy of Columbus; twin granddaughters: Andrea and Alyson Hoffman also of Lewis Center; and her sister-in-law, Patricia (Chuck) Coutellier of Hilliard. In addition to her parents, Sue was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Carolyn Rudy.