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Naomi Batya

Hymnal Number: 16 Author of "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" in Songs for Life See also Yah, Nomi

Eric Reid

1936 - 1970 Person Name: Eric Reid, 1936-1970 Hymnal Number: 159 Author of "Trotting, Trotting Through Jerusalem" in Songs for Life

June Fischer Armstrong

Hymnal Number: 152 Composer of "[I am the light of the world]" in Songs for Life

Georg Joseph Vogler

1749 - 1814 Person Name: G. J. Vogler, 1749-1814 Hymnal Number: 162 Author of "Hosanna, Son of David!" in Songs for Life Known also as Abbé Vogler

Mrs. Newell R. Schaper

Person Name: N. R. Schaper Hymnal Number: 115 Arranger of "[Zacchaeus was a wee little man]" in Songs for Life

Charles Kirby

Person Name: Charles Kirby II Hymnal Number: 1 Composer of "[Come let us sing unto the Lord]" in Songs for Life

Richard Compton

Hymnal Number: 91 Author of "Who Made Ocean, Earth, and Sky?" in Songs for Life

1914 - 1992 Person Name: J. Irving Erickson, 1914-1992 Hymnal Number: 162 Translator of "Hosanna, Son of David!" in Songs for Life Rev. J. Irving Erickson, 78, of Park Ridge, former chaplain and librarian for North Park College and Seminary and an authority on hymnody, died Friday in Resurrection Hospital. Rev. Erickson worked at the college for 25 years before he retired in 1974. He was a native of Stambaugh, Mich. He graduated from North Park Junior College in 1937, and its seminary in 1941. He was pastor at Wiley Heights Covenant Church in Wiley Heights, Wash., for several years, before he returned to Chicago to attend Wheaton College, where he graduated in 1945 with a bachelor of arts degree. He graduated from Rosary College with a master`s degree in literature and library science. He was a member and chairman of the Music Commission Evangelical Covenant Church, which published the church`s official hymnal. He wrote articles on hymns and and was considered an authority on the subject. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle; two daughters, Jenanne Anderson and Karin Deitrick; two brothers; and five grandchildren. --Chicago Tribune, 14 December 1992.