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January 18, 2003
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Dwight J. Davis, 77, died on February 7 at his residence in the Glen Park section of Gary, Indiana. Mr. Davis had served as Minister of Music at the former City Methodist Church of Gary, beginning in 1949 and continuing until the church closed in 1975. He was then Organist and Choir Director for the Ogden Dunes Community Church of Ogden Dunes, Indiana. From 1954 until his retirement in 1992, he served on the faculty at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. Davis received the Bachelor of Music and two Master of Music degrees (organ and theory) from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, where he studied with Frank Van Dusen and Edward Eigenschenck. Later studies were pursued with Stella Roberts and Robert Lodine. He also held the Choir Master certificate and was certified as a Fellow of the AGO in 1967. He was a founding member of the Northwest Indiana AGO Chapter and had been active in the Chicago AGO, serving as Dean (1968-70) and treasurer. Mr. Davis is survived by a sister and two nieces. Memorial services were conducted on February 12 at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Munster, Indiana.

 

 

Scott E. Wheeler, 88, died on February 11. A resident of the Gassaway community since 1979, Mr. Wheeler was an elder and organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbury, past president of the Cannon County Republican Party, past president of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Cannon County, a former Cannon County Election Commissioner, member of the Tennessee Association of County Election Officials, and member of the Gassaway Community Center. Born in Unadilla, Michigan, on May 25, 1911, he was a graduate of the Ingham Township High School of Dansville, Michigan. An accomplished pianist by age 18, Mr. Wheeler was a member of several local bands, which led him into piano tuning, repair, and theatre organ maintenance. He was a pipe organ builder for 60 years and president of the Kilgen Organ Company of Boyne City, Michigan, and the Scott Wheeler Organ Company of Bay City, Michigan, and Liberty, Tennessee. He was also a member of the AGO. During WWII he was a defense projects engineer for Aeroquip and Goodyear, and then founded the Scott-Lor Company of Jackson, Michigan. An avid pilot, Mr. Wheeler used his Beechcraft Bonanza to open new markets for pipe organ maintenance and installation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. After moving to Tennessee, he designed and built a steel and concrete earth-sheltered home in Liberty, Tennessee, where he resided until his death. His is survived by his wife of 61 years Lorraine Wheeler, a son, three daughters, two brothers, two sisters, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandson. A celebration of life service was held on February 19 at the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbury.

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