Mary Elizabeth Durett Stephens (’49), Lawrence, Kan. :: She was a keyboard artist, teacher and church musician who studied with Helen Hewitt and Silvio Scionti and earned a master’s in music from the University of Kansas. She taught there and at Victoria College and had her own studio. In addition to her church playing, she presented concerts regularly and was a frequent accompanist. She also worked for many years at the KU Library. She was planning to retire after 40 years of service as organist at Lawrence’s Trinity Episcopal Church. She was a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, Pi Kappa Lambda, the Lawrence Music Club and the Peyton Society and a charter member of the Phi Tau chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon at North Texas. She was married for 62 years to pipe organ technician and fellow organist William J. Stephens (’49), whom she met in a practice room on campus.
Mary Elizabeth Durett Stephens (’49), Lawrence, Kan. :: She was a keyboard artist, teacher and church musician who studied with Helen Hewitt and Silvio Scionti and earned a master’s in music from the University of Kansas. She taught there and at Victoria College and had her own studio. In addition to her church playing, she presented concerts regularly and was a frequent accompanist. She also worked for many years at the KU Library. She was planning to retire after 40 years of service as organist at Lawrence’s Trinity Episcopal Church. She was a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, Pi Kappa Lambda, the Lawrence Music Club and the Peyton Society and a charter member of the Phi Tau chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon at North Texas. She was married for 62 years to pipe organ technician and fellow organist William J. Stephens (’49), whom she met in a practice room on campus.
