Schantz Organ Co.
Opus A346, 2023

Paul R. Marchesano on July 27th, 2025:
From church Music Ministry web page: The previous sanctuary on East Main Street included a memorial window dedicated to Nathan and Lizzie McMinn by their four children. It was decided not to include the window in the new building. The children and grandchildren chose instead to contribute toward the purchase and installation of a pipe organ, particularly in honor of the McMinn’s daughter Beulah McMinn Zachary. Beulah McMinn Zachary’s daughter, Beulah May Zachary, was the producer of the television program “Kukla, Fran and Ollie.” She contributed $5,600 as the down payment on the organ. At the time of her untimely death in a plane crash in February 1959, she had paid about $8,000 on the organ. The insurance she had established completed payment on the organ of $33,000. Relatives and friends created the “Beulah McMinn Zachary Memorial Foundation” to provide for tuning and maintenance of the organ, as well as for musical programs. In 1975 and 1977, two additional memorial gifts, also in support of the organ, were established by the descendants of the McMinns. In 1989, the three funds were conveyed into a trust fund, the Beulah McMinn Zachary Memorial Foundation. An eight-member Advisory Committee, consisting of three “permanent” members, the minister (ex-officio), music director and three other designated officers of the church, represent the church as beneficiary of the trust. Three trustees of the Foundation administer the trust under the direction of the Advisory Committee.