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Robert L. Sipe, 83, died May 24 in Dallas, Texas, after a long illness. He was a veteran Dallas organbuilder who over 60 years produced new and rebuilt instruments across the United States. Following pioneering 1950s United States installations by Beckerath and Flentrop, Sipe was the first Texas builder after Otto Hofmann to wholeheartedly embrace neo-Baroque principles of mechanical action, slider windchests, low wind pressures, freestanding encasement, and lean and brilliant sonorities.

Hermine “Maria” Pitard, 78, of Searcy, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2023. She was born March 9th, 1945, in Auerbach, Germany to the late Karl and Elisabeth Dümler Hofmann. Maria was brought up in a devout faith-based community where the family was very involved in her local Catholic Church. Her faith and the church always remained one of the most important parts of her life.

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel