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Loren W. Adair

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Loren W. Adair

Birth
Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Death
1 Jun 1982 (aged 78)
Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Adair, Loren W
born Feb. 5, 1904 Kellogg, Iowa
died Jun 1, 1982 Pomona, Los Angeles, California

Pianist, organist, choirmaster, 1927 BM from Grinnell College in Iowa, studied piano with Bertha Shutts Smiley, organ with G Herbert Knight and theory with Elias Blum, 1927-1928 organist/choirmaster of Christ Episcopal Church in Burlington Iowa, 1928-1929 teacher piano and theory at Pomona College, 1929-1930 organist/choirmaster of St Lukes Episcopal Church in Monrovia California, 1930 private teacher piano, organ and theory and organist/choirmaster of St Paul's Episcopal Church in Pomona, residing at 600 San Francisco Avenue in Pomona, 1933 chapel organist of Todd & Reeves Mortuary Pomona and of the BPO of Elks in Pomona, pianist of Pomona Kiwanis Club, teacher at the Sherwood Music School in Chicago, member of the American Guild of Organists ;

Son of physician/surgeon William Sherman Adair (Kellogg 3.jun.1867-31.jan.1926 Kellogg) and Edith West Burroughs (Indiana, Washington 29.jan.1870-24.jan.1950 Los Angeles) ; 28.aug.1930 in Kellogg he married Clara F Lenz (Iowa, Mariposa 17.jan.1903-13.mar.1982 Los Angeles Pomona)
Adair, Loren W
born Feb. 5, 1904 Kellogg, Iowa
died Jun 1, 1982 Pomona, Los Angeles, California

Pianist, organist, choirmaster, 1927 BM from Grinnell College in Iowa, studied piano with Bertha Shutts Smiley, organ with G Herbert Knight and theory with Elias Blum, 1927-1928 organist/choirmaster of Christ Episcopal Church in Burlington Iowa, 1928-1929 teacher piano and theory at Pomona College, 1929-1930 organist/choirmaster of St Lukes Episcopal Church in Monrovia California, 1930 private teacher piano, organ and theory and organist/choirmaster of St Paul's Episcopal Church in Pomona, residing at 600 San Francisco Avenue in Pomona, 1933 chapel organist of Todd & Reeves Mortuary Pomona and of the BPO of Elks in Pomona, pianist of Pomona Kiwanis Club, teacher at the Sherwood Music School in Chicago, member of the American Guild of Organists ;

Son of physician/surgeon William Sherman Adair (Kellogg 3.jun.1867-31.jan.1926 Kellogg) and Edith West Burroughs (Indiana, Washington 29.jan.1870-24.jan.1950 Los Angeles) ; 28.aug.1930 in Kellogg he married Clara F Lenz (Iowa, Mariposa 17.jan.1903-13.mar.1982 Los Angeles Pomona)


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