Clydine Buster Blue, 97, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2026, at St. Anthony's Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center.

On November 5, 1928, she was born to the late Clyde and Pearl Buster in Lebanon, Kentucky, and grew up in Springfield, Kentucky.  Clydine moved to Henderson, Kentucky, as the young wife of James Lincoln Blue, Jr., whom she met when he returned from Europe where he had served as a Captain with the Fifth Quartermaster in World War II.

She attended Bowling Green Business College which is now part of Western Kentucky University.  Clydine worked her entire career in data processing for the City of Henderson.

She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, James Lincoln Blue, Jr.; her daughter, Dr. Mary Beth Blue Hutchen; her parents, Clyde and Pearl Buster; her brothers, Edward Buster, Hayes Buster, and Joe Buster; and her sister, Imogene Keeling.

Survivors include two daughters and their husbands, Cathy and Randy Armour and Susan Blue and Victor Germann; one son, James Dalton Blue; two grandchildren, Michele Grossman Blackwell and her husband, Brian, and Michael Dalton Blue; one great-granddaughter, Claire Blackwell; and many nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at First Christian Church.  Dr. Chuck Summers will officiate.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.

Contributions may be made to First Christian Church or St. Anthony's Hospice.

Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com.