For some reason the World Herald did not put up my column from December 5 up on their Omaha.com website until an hour ago, 8 days late. Here it finally is:
https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-in-song-or-in-prayer-maria-is-beloved-by-many/article_5fe3ba92-5c2f-11ec-9d4d-0b425972e9af.html
This was of course one of those names where I had a lot more material than I could fit into 550 words. I will probably write separate columns on
Mary,
Marie, and
Mariah at some point in the future.