Background
Washburn, Gladys Haase was born on February 19, 1919 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Henry August and Rosa Sophie (Sundermeyer) Haase.
director educator church musician
Washburn, Gladys Haase was born on February 19, 1919 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Henry August and Rosa Sophie (Sundermeyer) Haase.
Teaching certified in piano/organ, St. Louis College Music, 1940.
Church pianist Friedens Evangelical Church, 1932—1938. Organist, choir director St. Martin's Church, High Ridge, Missouri, 1939—1940. Choir director Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church, San Antonio, 1940—1942, organist, choir director New Orleans, 1952—1955, St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1944—1951, Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Buffalo, 1964—1970, First Congressional United Church of Christ, Dwight, Illinois, 1970—1972, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Independence, Missouri, 1985—1992.
Director junior choir Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Buffalo, 1956—1961. Interim organist, choir director St. Paul's and St. Marks Church, 1963, Village United Church of Christ, Blue Springs, Missouri, 1992—1993. Interim organist churches Greater Kansas City area, 1993—1997.
Retired, 1997
Consultant churches seeking organists, Buffalo, Blue Springs, Missouri.
Organ recitalist Southwest Conference National Parent-Teachers Association Meeting, San Antonio, 1941, 1942. Accompanist Harlandale School District, 1941, 1942. Member of American Guild Organists.
Married Jost Brainard Washburn, December 29, 1942 (deceased). Children: Yvonne Rosalind, Henry Brainard, Diane Louise.