Schoenstein & Co., Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill

Laura Schlappa of Cuxhaven, Germany, wins first place

November 7–11, headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana

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.

John Hillis Carnahan

John Hillis Carnahan, 96, died May 7 in Randolph Center, Vermont. Born in Manhattan, Kansas, on January 22, 1929, he attended Harvard University (Class of 1950) and Harvard Law School (Class of 1954), Cambridge, Massachusetts, while serving in the United States Navy.