NSU Celebrates Thelma Parker’s 100th Birthday

NSU Celebrates Thelma Parkers 100th Birthday

TAHLEQUAH Northeastern State University will host a special reception to honor the 100th birthday of Thelma Parker at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9 in the Ballroom Lounge in the University Center. The reception is open to the public.

After moving to Tahlequah in 2001, Thelma becoming an active supporter of Tahlequah, NSU and the Cherokee Nation. Thelma and her son Carl Herbert (C.H.) Parker are fixtures at NSU football and basketball games. Thelma also actively supports the Sequoyah Institute Galaxy of Stars, NSU Summer Shows and the annual Symposium on the American Indian.

My mother feels that Tahlequah is a beautiful place to live with very friendly people, said C.H. We hope that everyone can celebrate her birthday with us.

Thelma was born Oct. 8, 1908 in Pleasonton, Kansas to Carl Arthur Teubner and Iva Augusta Teubner. She graduated from high school in 1927 and attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where she majored in vocal music.

A talented musician and vocalist, Thelma took private soprano lessons at Cranston School of Music in Kansas City, Mo. And sand for World War I soldiers at the Opera House at the age of 9. She was one of the founding members of her high school pep club, the Peppy Peppers. For more than five decades, Thelma taught dance classes in Kansas and Missouri, and attended the Chicago Dance Convention annually.

10/7/2008

Published: 2008-10-07 00:00:00