John L. Edwards_First Presbyterian_Oklahoma City

Rudolf Jan “Rudy” Zuiderveld

Rudolf Jan “Rudy” Zuiderveld, 75, of Jacksonville, Illinois, died October 29, 2021, in Jacksonville. He was born November 26, 1945, in Groningen, the Netherlands. He married Sharon DeWind on August 10, 1968, at Bethany Christian Reformed Church, Bellflower, California.

University of Michigan 58th Annual Organ Conference, September 29–October 2

The fifty-eighth annual organ conference at the University of Michigan celebrated women’s contributions as performers, composers, educators, and builders of the organ, harpsichord, and carillon. Distinguished guest artists and lecturers from North America and Europe joined University of Michigan faculty, students, and alumni in presenting an impressive range of events, beginning with the annual improvisation competition and concluding with the restaging of three choreographies by the American modern dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey, set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Christ Church, Michigan City, Indiana

Mary Louise Simmons, 91, died in Evanston, Illinois, on January 30. She was born Mary Louise Day in Centralia, Illinois, on February 22, 1930. As a young child she was discovered to have perfect pitch and began taking piano lessons at the age of six when the family moved to Carbondale, Illinois.