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Female 1900 - 1982  (82 years)

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  • Name Reed, Rachel Mary 
    Residence 1900  East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Birth 28 Apr 1900  East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23] 
    Gender Female 
    Cemetery Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Greenlawn Memorial Park 
    Address:
    Greenlawn Memorial Park 
    Cam & Mary (Reed) Holter    		 Cam & Mary (Reed) Holter
    Obituary
    • PORT ARTHUR NEWS - September 9, 1982, Port Arthur, Texas
      Rachel Mary Holter (nee Reed), 82, of 2921 Sixth Street, organist emeritus for the United Methodist Temple and a 54-year resident of Port Arthur, died at 2:40 p.m. Wednesday in Park Place Hospital. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Temple, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. "She contributed so much to the music of this community," said longtime friend Dorothy Geer. "She will be greatly missed." "It's hard to tell the things that were so special about Mary," said Barbara Meeker, UMT choir director. "She was a beautiful person." Mrs. Holter, wife of Cameron Burnside Holter, was born in Connecticut and graduated from Bucknell University and School of Music.
    Residence 27 Jun 1900  East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 24] 
    Residence 1910  East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1920  South Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Niece 
    Residence 1929  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Address:
    1411 Proctor Street, Apt 3 
    Occupation 12 Apr 1930  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Music Teacher 
    Residence 12 Apr 1930  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Address:
    1411 Proctor Street 
    Occupation 2 Mar 1932  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Housewife 
    Residence 2 Mar 1932  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1935  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 25] 
    Residence 1940  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 25] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1947  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Address:
    2921 Sixth Street 
    Occupation 14 Apr 1950  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Music Teacher 
    Address:
    2921 Sixth Street 
    Residence 14 Apr 1950  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Address:
    2921 Sixth Street 
    Soc Sec Num 1951–1952  Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 27] 
    455-54-3117 
    Occupation Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Piano Teacher 
    Reference Number 165 
    Residence 1958  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Address:
    2921 Sixth Street 
    Retired 1975 
    • PORT ARTHUR NEWS - May 18, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas
      Mary Holter is retiring after 45 years as church organist for the United Methodist Temple – and she hopes, as she explains with a twinkle in her eye, "to be remembered not for how long I played but for how well." A reception honoring the departing musician will be held from 2.30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall of the United Methodist Temple, 4101 Hwy. 73. The chancel choir of the church is host for the event. Born in 1900, the 75-year-old Mrs. Holter began playing piano when she was seven years old. As a teenager, she played the reed organ at the small Baptist church in Connecticut where her father was minister and went on to obtain a liberal arts degree at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She began her 45-year-long association with music in Port Arthur in 1928, when she and her husband came to the city from Bayonne, New Jersey. Mrs. Holter became organist at the First Presbyterian Church; then moved to what was then the First Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1930 (now the United Methodist Temple). The petite organist has seen the church organ rebuilt twice and renovated at least three other times and has seen at least seven church choir directors come and go. "There’s a great difference between a church organ and the popular electronic organ," Mrs. Holter explained, in talking of the diminishing number of serious church musicians. "Very few people are seriously going into the church music field – it requires much dedication," she said. "Also, you have to be pretty careful about the type of music you play for a congregation. Popular music would rarely lie acceptable." Retirement will be pleasant for Mrs. Holter, she says, as she plans to play the piano for pleasure. Active in Port Arthur music circles, she taught piano and organ lessons for many years, and only recently gave up her teaching. She is a member of the Community Concert Board, the Symphony Club, Port Arthur Music Teachers Association, and was dean for two years of the now disbanded local chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She and her husband, Cameron, a retired Texaco chemical engineer, have three daughters, Mary Lou (Mrs. J. R. Chamblee), Pawhuska, Oklahoma; Ruth (Mrs. B. V. Robins), Atlanta, Georgia; and Carol (Mrs. Gary Westley), Knoxville, Tennessee; and six grandchildren.
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    Residence 8 Sep 1982  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 28, 29] 
    _AMTID -1695908933:1030:839865 
    _FSFTID GS6G-42M 
    _UID 129D0A34F02540438A0C584489432AA04D1E 
    Death 8 Sep 1982  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 20, 23, 28, 30] 
    Cause: Acute cardiac arrest 
    Address:
    Park Place Hospital 
    Burial 10 Sep 1982  Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Address:
    Greenlawn Memorial Park 
    Oldest Known Ancestors
    Paternal Line: Charles Mathias Reed,   b. May 1855, Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1910 and 1920
    Maternal Line: Mary Milne,   b. 5 Mar 1838, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1923, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I165  Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

    Father Reed, Rev Charles Mathias,   b. May 1855, Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1910 and 1920 (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Alexander, Flora Jane,   b. 22 Apr 1863, South Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1941, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1896  Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [31, 32] 
    Family ID F1587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Holter, Simon Cameron Burnsides,   b. 4 Sep 1892, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1985, El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1928  Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 21, 23] 
    • HOLTER - REED

      Miss R. Mary Reed, M. '19, C. '21, and S. Cameron Holter, '21, were united in marriage in Galveston, Texas, July 20th. Mr. Holter is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and is the brother of H. W. Holter, Registrar of Bucknell University.

      - Bucknell Alumni Monthly October 1928 - July 1932
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Holter, Ruth Reed,   b. 16 Aug 1936, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 2006, Atlanta, Dekalb County, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Holter, Carol,   b. 21 Dec 1940, Jefferson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 2008, Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 


 

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