Activist Dies on Walk. Clyde "Bud" Rue died as he had lived -- working for social justice. Rue, who, along with other members of the Upper Delaware Unitarian Fellowship of Milanville, PA, had organized an October 24 walkathon to benefit local social justice groups, grew tired during the walk and later collapsed. He died on the way to the hospital. Ann Rue, his widow, told a local newspaper that she had tried to dissuade her husband, who had asthma, from taking part in the walk but the dedicated Rue "would not be dissuaded."
Rue would no doubt have been pleased to learn that the walkathon raised $1,000 for the local interfaith outreach group, an agency serving battered women, the UU United Nations Office, and Habitat for Humanity, the housing organization whose local chapter he and his wife had founded. Plans are in the offing to make the walkathon an annual event in memory of Rue.
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Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice
