Marion Herfort Pelton, of Manhattan, Kansas, died on March 1. She was 97 years old. Born on November 1, 1903, in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, she had been a Manhattan resident since 1928. Miss Pelton was Associate Professor of Music at Kansas State University from 1928 to 1972, and had previously taught in the Shorewood, Wisconsin public schools in 1927-28. She served as organist for several churches in Manhattan, including the First Congregational Church for 13 years and the First United Methodist Church for 10 years. Following retirement, she traveled annually with the Photographic Society of America and visited 29 foreign countries. She received the BMus from the University of Wisconsin in 1927, the BS in history at Kansas State University in 1932, and the MA in organ from Columbia University in 1957. Additional study included organ lessons with Dick Jesson at Kansas State University 1932-40, at Brussels Conservatory in Belgium 1935-36, with Charles Skilton at the University of Kansas 1936-37, as well as study at a number of summer conferences and institutes. Her fields of research were musicology (Renaissance and Baroque), piano, organ, and recorder.
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