Mary Jo Steebner
March 12, 2012, an e-mail from Melissa Maize, Director of Resource Development at the Good Samaritan Society Quiburi Mission in Benson , Arizona , “ I believe that one of our residents, Mary Jo Steebner, is in your photo! Please contact me.” The photo mentioned is of the Branscombe Choral performing at Town Hall in 1949 and is posted on my website. Of all the stories I could recount about my contact with former Branscombe Choral members or their family members, the one that touches me the most is Melissa’s. A resident in their dementia unit, who though not very communicative, had told Melissa she had sung with the Branscombe Choral. There were no family members or friends to corroborate Mary Jo’s life journey. Melissa asked if I would have any information that would help her engage her resident to tell her story. My response was that Miss Steebner had been a member for only one concert, December 1954, the final concert of the...