Choir Founder Profiled

Dunedin-born Marie Courtis Greathouse, who helped found the San Antonio Choral Society in 1965, is profiled by the San Antonio Express-News website mySanAntonio.com. Greathouse moved to England in her early 20s, where for a time she worked as a nanny, before deciding to join the women’s branch of the British Navy. There she met her husband, American soldier Ben Greathouse. Shortly after their marriage, Ben was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio. Greathouse was very active in the musical life of the city. Close friend Don Drummond said: “She had a dynamic personality, great wit and was genuinely interested in other people.” After retiring in 1994, Greathouse moved to Tasmania, to be closer to her two nieces. She died at the age of 83.

Marie Courtis Greathouse: January 15 1929 – July 25 2012