Sunday was Mother's Day and while one mother was not here to see it, her daughter celebrated her life in a special way.

It's the first time in 72 years that Marilyn Gridley hasn't had the chance to tell her mom “Happy Mother's Day,” but that doesn't mean Dorothy Leidig was forgotten on the special day.

An organ concert celebrated the life of the woman who loved music.

“She remembered and told stories about paying four cents to go on the bus down to the conservatory downtown to take piano lessons when she was six and she started doing piano lessons and working with music in all kinds of ways,” said Gridley.

Leidig attended the Kansas Conservatory of Music and then went to the University of Kansas for a degree in psychology, but music was never too far behind.

“She throughout her life was always supporting musicians and musical performances in any way she could,” said Gridley. “She was also an accomplished organist, pianist herself and so she gave organ scholarships.”

Students who received her scholarships as well as professors from the University of Kansas performed at the concert.

Gridley described it as an honor.

“I am honored that they would do this for my mother,” Gridley said. “I'm thrilled that they would enthusiastically do this.”

“This is really awesome,” said her son Mark Gridley.

Leidig's family says she would have been thrilled to see this celebration in her name.

She was described as a quick wit with a great sense of humor and a love for traveling and languages, yet no language was necessary to show she was remembered on Mother’s Day.

Dorothy Leidig died this past January.

She was 95 years old.