By Lorraine Lieswald,
Atkinson Graphic reporter
Evelyn (Stansberry) Spence loved hand bells and believed a hand bell choir would be good for St. John's Lutheran Church where she was a member.
Back in 1984 she gifted the church a five-octave set of hand bells.
Sadly, Spence never heard the hand bells played. She was killed in a car accident before the musical instruments were delivered to the church.
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