Background
Barlage, Mary Margaret Lusk was born on March 17, 1936 in Athens County, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Raymond Edward and Clara Grace (Johnston) Sanborn.
Barlage, Mary Margaret Lusk was born on March 17, 1936 in Athens County, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Raymond Edward and Clara Grace (Johnston) Sanborn.
Student, Ashland Junior College, Russell, Kentucky, 1955—1956. Student, Ohio Northern University, 1957.
Apprentice music teacher, Nelsonville, Ohio, 1951—1953. Private music teacher, since 1951. Traveling pianist Princeton Seminary Summer Mission Tour, 1949-1952.
Church and youth camp music instructor, 1953-1960. Adjudicator Teen Talent Contests, Central and Northwestern Ohio, since 1968. Organist Patrick Heinl Funeral Home, 1976-1988, Bayliff and Eley Funeral Home, since 1988.
Director, leader Singing Lusk Family, since 1975. Active Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, since 2002. Minister music Church of the Nazarene, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1968—1976, Cridersville, 1976—1983, First Presbyterian Church, St. Marys, 1984—1985, United Methodist Church, Botkins, 1986—1988, Salem United Methodist Church, Wapakoneta, 1988—1999.
Organist Byron Church, Fairborn, Ohio, 2000—2006, Botkins United Methodist, 2006, Uniopolis United Methodist, since 2006. Member of Knights of Columbus, Ladies Auxillary, Women's Civic League (Wapakoneta), Wapakoneta Choral Music Society, Auglaize County History Society, Public Employee's Retirement Systems, Northwestern Ohio Music Teachers Association, Ohio Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association.
Married Harold Waldo Mowery, January 3, 1953 (divorced April 1961). Children: Margaret Maria Barnhill, Harold Waldo 2nd. Married Ned Eugene Lusk, June 22, 1961 (deceased).
Children: Bonita Jean Denig, Amy Beth Noykos, Melissa Kae Pfenning. Married Alvin L. Barlage, December 30, 2006.