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I OBITUARIES
Miss Jane Morgan Passes;
Over 50 Years With Wanamaker
Miss Jane Morgan, confidential secre-
tary to Dr. Alexander Russell, manager
of the John Wanamaker piano depart-
ments in New York and Philadelphia,
passed away on March 3rd after a brief
illness, and after having held the posi-
tion above for fifty-one and one-half
years.
Miss Morgan entered the employ of
the piano department of John Wana-
maker when Merritt J. Chapman was
manager of that department. She served
under N. A. Secord, Ben Owen, Morris
R. Lamb and T. S. Fletcher, all of whom
were managers who preceded Dr. Rus-
sell.
Besides acting in a confidential ca-
pacity to these managers, she also sold
pianos, supervised the work of outside
men when outside men were employed
by the department, and in many ways
acted in all-around capacity in the de-
partment.
In December, 1949 when she had been
there fifty years she was presented with
a diamond studded gold watch by the
John Wanamaker organization and also
received from the members of the piano
department a beautiful table lamp and
a vase of American Beauty roses, as well
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a.< a large number of congratulatory
cards. She also received at that time
letters from members of the music in-
dustry who had known her for the many
years she had been associated with Wana-
maker's.
She is survived by a brother, James,
who is blind, whom she had taken care
of for many years. Another brother Rich-
ard, and a sister Mary preceded her in
death.
Funeral services were held from the
Toomey Funeral Home, First Ave. and
55th St., New York, on Tuesday, March
6th. A Solemn Requiem mass was held
at the Church of St. John the Evangelist
at 10 A.M. on the same day. Interment
took place at Calvary Cemetery.
The services were attended by a large
number of Wanamaker executives and
also the employees who were associated
with her in the piano department.
FRED PFANNSTIEHL
Frederick Otto Pfannstiehl, 72, of
East Paterson. N. J. died at his home
February 19th following a long illness.
Born in New York, he was for several
years prior to his retirement, approxi-
mately 25 years ago superintendent for
Kohler & Campbell Inc. He was a mem-
ber of the Calvary Lutheran Church in
Leonia, N. J. and the Royal Arcanum.
He is survived by his wife, Mary. The
Rev. E. J. Dunker of Our Savior Luther-
an Church, Fair Lawn, N. J. officiated
at services at the Vander Platt Colonial
Home, Fair Lawn, February 22nd. In-
terment was in the Lutheran Cemetery.
Middle Village, N. Y.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH, 1951