By Rimsie McConiga
LEAVENWORTH, KS — How long have you been volunteering for this program and what have been your greatest accomplishments in leading the choirs over the years?
In 1960, we formed a children’s choir. My husband’s mother was the organist for the 8 a.m. Mass and around 1970 she became ill and couldn’t play anymore.
So, Father Bertels asked me if I would play for the other choir. I started for them and another lady played the guitar for the children after that. So, it’s been 52 years as of June 21 that I’ve been playing. I only missed one Sunday each year, when my husband and I went to Tulsa, Okla., to visit our daughter and family, until two years ago when I fell and broke my arm. I didn’t play for a few weeks until it healed. When I had the children’s choir, I taught them to sing alto and tenor. Some of the boys, who played instruments in the band at school, played with me sometimes. It was really pretty.
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