The Lyric Opera planned giving program allows you to share the gift of opera with future audiences and create a legacy of your own. Through the Encore Society, you support programs you are passionate about and receive tax benefits for yourself and your estate.
*=Deceased

FOUNDING MEMBERS:

Mrs. Madeline Benoit*
Mrs. Jacqueline Coen*
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard D. Craig
Dr. Morton C. Creditor* & Mrs. Una Creditor
Mr. & Mrs. Don Dagenais
Mrs. Carolyn Dayani
Mrs. Ann K. Dickinson
Dr. Fred D. Fowler
Mrs. Caroline French
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Gard
Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Harter
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Hill
Joyce G. Holland
Mrs. Beth Ingram
Mr. & Mrs. H. Elvin Knight, Jr.
Dr. Revis Lewis*
Mr. Jack May & Dr. Rosalie Pompushko
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Miller
Mrs. Vivian Menees Nelson*
Mr. & Mrs. L. Joshua Sosland
Mrs. Alice Statland & the late Dr. Harry Statland
Mr. & Mrs. C. Humbert Tinsman
Ms. Julie Holmquist
Mr. Hal L. von Bohnhoff
Dwight Youngman

CHARTER MEMBERS:

Mr. Bob Baughman*
Mrs. Carolyn Gordanier
Mr. & Mrs. John Grow*
Gary D. Harms
John Kander
Elizabeth Liftin*
Virginia M. Long
Ann T. Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Rosenfield
Lisa Sicola
Mr. J. Michael Sigler
Mr. John J. Strandberg*
Mr. Thomas Sotham*
Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox
Ms. Paula Winans
Mr. & Mrs. Jonah Wright

LEGACY MEMBERS:

Carolyn Banta
Matt & Kate Beem
Craig & Dawn Evans
Dr. Michael Frost
Hilda Gibbs Trust Fund – Rae Ann DeVargas Trustee*
Ken & Marilyn Hager
Mr. Richard Hill*
Lothar P. Kraus*
Dr. Melinda Estes & Dr. Harold Morris
Mr. & Mrs. Doyle Patterson*
Robert M. Suhre Foundation
Steve & Linda Taylor
Thomas & Loren Whittaker
Annie Zinn*

For more information contact Edward Sien, Chief Development Officer, at:
(816) 802-6058 or visit kcopera.org/planned-giving.