“All The World Is Crazy, Except Thee and Me: Navigating the
Existential Yin-Yang of Tears and Laughter”
Wade Marbaugh, recently elected by the First Existentialist Board of Directors as Chair of the Board, has been a congregation member since the 1990s. An Ohio native who moved to the South as a newspaper reporter, he married the editor who hired him, Stell Simonton. They raised two children, Anna and Olivia Simonton, who were greatly influenced by First E. Wade majored in political science and minored in communications at Defiance College and earned a Juris Doctor degree at Moritz School of Law at Ohio State University. Those academic experiences and his political activism in Ohio, Alabama and Georgia have inspired a lifetime immersion in history, current events and social justice movements, making possible his Celebration of Life presentation, “All The World’s Crazy, Except Thee and Me.” Additionally, he has always been interested in spiritual matters and the great mystery of our existence. He is deeply grateful to his family, teachers and peers who have contributed to this moment, for as a friend once said to him, “Each of us is both a cause and an effect.”
- Facilitator: Robert Stewart
- Musician- Craig Rafuse