1930–1992

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 29, 1930, Ev­an­ston, Il­li­nois.

Died: March 21, 1992, Den­ver, Co­lo­ra­do.

Buried: Me­mo­ri­al Park Ce­me­te­ry, Sko­kie, Il­li­nois.

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Biography

Sleeth be­gan stu­dy­ing pi­ano at age four. She gra­du­at­ed from Well­es­ley Col­lege in 1952, with a BA in Mu­sic The­o­ry. She re­ceived an hon­or­ary doc­tor­ate from West Vir­gin­ia Wes­ley­an Col­lege in 1959, and from Ne­bras­ka Wes­ley­an Col­lege in 1990.

An or­gan­ist, she wrote ov­er 180 high­ly suc­cess­ful se­lec­tions for church and school.

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