Arleen Brace and Elma Mortensen Memorial Music Scholarship Fund

Our mother was an infinite ray of light to everyone she met. She loved hard, prayed hard, and fought hard for everything she believed in. She found music through her mother and enjoyed playing the piano and singing in the vocal music department at Benson High School in Omaha, NE. In our younger years she ran a daycare in our home in North Platte, NE, and played the piano daily for us - silly songs, kids songs, and her favorite - The Spinning Song. She ensured her daughters learned piano and made sure they were able to follow whatever dreams they had, no matter where it led them. She was a constant cheerleader for us, a bonus mom to our friends and partners, and a stand-in mom for all the students at South High School - where her daughter teaches - that needed one in the audience.