INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Beverly “Bev” Guidara Hudnut, the wife of late four-term Indianapolis Mayor William “Bill” Hudnut, has died.

Hudnut, 66, passed away from glioblastoma brain cancer on Sunday, according to an obituary provided by the Indiana Broadcasters Association.

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Beverly Hudnut received her Bachelor of Science degree in Interpersonal Communication at the University of Evansville. She later earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C. 

She married then-Mayor Bill Hudnut in 1989 after working as his press secretary and held the title of First Lady of Indianapolis until he left office in 1992. She enjoyed many roles and responsibilities throughout her life, including lawyer, lobbyist, and volunteer, but her favorite roles were as wife and mother.

Hudnut was also an accomplished world traveler and achieved her goal of visiting all seven continents by traveling to Antarctica in December 2019.

Her most recent visit to Indianapolis was in November, when she attended a Taylor Swift concert at Lucas Oil Stadium. She also had the opportunity to visit the statue of her late husband, “Mayor Bill,” just outside the Indiana Convention Center.

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

Visitation and a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, with a reception to follow. Her ashes will be interred next to her husband at both the family cemetery at Windover in North Creek, New York, and at the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Hudnut Scholarship in Public Leadership at Indiana University.