Beverly Guidara Hudnut

Beverly Guidara Hudnut, 66, of Chevy Chase, MD and North Creek, NY passed away peacefully on December 29, 2024 surrounded by loved ones. The cause of death was glioblastoma brain cancer. Born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, Ms. Hudnut began developing what she considered her greatest skill as the oldest of five siblings in a very chaotic household: the ability to organize chaos!

Ms. Hudnut earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Interpersonal Communication at the University of Evansville. Later in life, she earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C. Out of intellectual curiosity, she continued to study Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Spanish languages after her formal education ended.

She enjoyed a wide range of roles and responsibilities, including First Lady of the City of Indianapolis, lawyer, lobbyist, policy advisor, consultant, and volunteer—but her favorite roles were as wife and mother. She was a fierce advocate for her late husband Bill and their son Chris and also for the organizations and issues that she supported.

Ms. Hudnut served on a variety of boards, committees, and commissions over the years, including, most recently, the Board of Trustees for Landon School in Bethesda, MD and the Board of the Windover Corporation in North Creek, NY. In addition to a love of family and professional activities, she embraced a love of traveling around the world.

She was preceded in death in 2016 by her husband, William H. Hudnut III and an infant son, George Matheson Hudnut, in 1992. Survivors include her son Christopher Shew Hudnut, three stepchildren, her mother, and three siblings.

A memorial service will be held at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle Street in Washington, on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Ms. Hudnut's ashes will be interred next to her husband Bill at both the family cemetery at Windover in North Creek, NY and at the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, IN.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Hudnut Scholarship in Public Leadership at Indiana University. Perhaps more importantly, Beverly said that the best respect that you could show her "is to be kind to one another and to work hard to make a positive difference in the lives of others in the world around you."