A requiem concert in memory of Mrs. Dorothy Knight Greene, 84, a well-known organist, pianist and accompanist, was given Saturday in Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral Indianapolis. She died Jan. 20 in an Indianapolis retirement home. Private burial services were held in the Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis. Mrs. Greene, who spent her early childhood in New Jersey and New York City, later lived in Delphi and Indianapolis. She, her brother, Emerson, and sister, Mildred, came to Delphi to live with two aunts when their mother died. The aunts were Mrs. Alice Keith and Miss Jenny Beck, their mothers sisters. They resided in the Dr. Elias Beck home, corner of Franklin and Wilson Streets, now owned and converted to apartments by Bill Walters. Mrs. Greene was graduated from Delphi High School in 1906. Her marriage was to Stewart Greene, who preceded her in death. Her professional career of more than 50 years included 23 years as organist and choir director for the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation. She also has served as organist for other Indianapolis churches. Until last year, Mrs. Greene was active in Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, Sigma Alpha Iota Music Sorority, and Harmonie Club, an opera study group. After studying music at the Indianapolis Metropolitan School of Music, she later became, a pupil of Ferdinand Schaefer, founder of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. During World War I and the early 1920’s, Mrs. Greene played the organ for the first silent film shown in Indianapolis. She has been an officer of the American Guild of Organist and was accompanist for the Indianapolis Community Chorus, which was a forerunner of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. Mrs. Greene was a descendant of such prominent Hoosiers as the late General Samuel Milroy, commissioned Indian Agent in Indiana by the late President Andrew Jackson, the late Brigadier General Robert Huston Milroy, known as the “Grey Eagle" to Civil War historians, and the late Col. Elias Whitney Howe Beck, a surgeon of the Union Army of the Potomac. Survivors include two daughters and four grandchildren. Memorial gifts may be made to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Episcopal Community Services a t 1537 North Central Avenue, or to Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral Choir.

Delphi Journal Citizen January 31, 1974