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Elizabeth Birkshire Brothers Sherman, age 91, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died on July 21. She was a longtime active member of the Central Arkansas AGO chapter and served as Dean from 1970-72. She was organist at various churches in Little Rock, including Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Sherman is survived by two sons, a sister, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

 

 

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John Obetz, of Leawood, Kansas, died February 12, 2015. He was 81. Obetz, known for his “The Auditorium Organ” radio program, broadcast from the Community of Christ (previously RLDS) Auditorium, taught for more than 30 years at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and was a key figure in the installation of the Casavant organ in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

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Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter died last December 31, 1996, in Dayton, OH, after a short illness. She
was 89. Composer, teacher, editor and partner in Lorenz Publishing Company, she
was a graduate of Wellesley College and studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
When she returned to Dayton, she worked at Lorenz until her retirement in 1967,
becoming an authority on handbell music and hymnology. After retiring she
earned her master's degree at Wittenberg University and, at age 71, was
awarded her Ph.D.

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