Carolyn "Sue" Terando

January 13, 1940 — July 18, 2025

Indianapolis

Carolyn Sue Terando, 85, died at Riverwalk Village in Noblesville, Indiana, on July 18, 2025. Sue was born on January 13, 1940 in Scott County, Indiana, and was the daughter of the late Erby Christie and Helen Vest Christie Gardner. She is survived by her husband Norman H. Terando and daughters Jennifer Roberts (Bill) of Avon, Indiana, and Elizabeth Beardslee (John) of Ballwin, Missouri, and step-daughter Amy Calkins (Gary) of Fincastle, Virginia, and step-son Robert (Kathleen) of Chassell, Michigan. Sue had a close relationship with her brother Norman Gardner (Brenda) of Scottsburg, Indiana. She is survived by grandson Corey Roberts (Lauren) of Mishawaka, Indiana, and granddaughter Rebecca Oliver (Ryan) of Independence, Kentucky, granddaughter Nora Beardslee of Ballwin, Missouri, step-granddaughters Hope Beardslee of Carmel, Indiana, and Olivia Beardslee of Ballwin, Missouri, and step-granddaughter Haley Calkins of Eugene, Oregon. Sue also was a great-grandmother to one great-grandson Riley, and three great-granddaughters Charlie, Oakley, and Blayke. Her first husband, Donald Henry, brother Erby Lloyd Christie, and step-grandson Aidan Calkins proceeded her in death.

Sue attended a one-room country school until she went to high school. After graduating, she became the first person in her family to go to college. She attended Indiana University, where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education, and then taught language arts for several years. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, and the General Charles Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Indiana and the Kentucky Historical Societies, and was an avid genealogist. Sue was a devoted member of Faith Presbyterian Church, and was a faithful servant to the Lord.

Visitation will be at Faith Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 29 from 9:30-11:00. The funeral service will follow at 11:00 at the church. Interment will be at Washington Park East Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Indiana Multiple Sclerosis Society or to Faith Presbyterian Church.

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