Comment on Family of late Monmouth woman honors her legacy with education grant

Nancy Ludewig may have been one of Monmouth’s most engaged citizens – she taught at the town’s grade school, raised funds for the expansion of the Cumston Hall Library and organized an annual quilt show, among other contributions. But she never expected a large crowd to come to her funeral, according to her husband, Douglas Ludewig. Yet after she died this month following the rapid onset of pancreatic cancer, shocking everyone who knew the active 73-year-old, more than 300 people came to her memorial service at Cumston Hall. It was seemingly a measure of how many lives she touched over the years. Now, the Ludewig family is trying to honor her legacy in a way that she would have appreciated.